Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 113860

Little is known of the artist’s life except that he was a pupil of Kiyomitsu

Artist / 作者
Torii Kiyotsune鳥居清経
Date / 年代
1760
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
996 × 2046 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

Little is known of the artist’s life except that he was a pupil of Kiyomitsu. Shows the actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Nakamura Tomijuro as Ibaraki. This famous story recounts how Watanabe no Tsuna cuts off the arm of the demon Ibaraki at the Rashomon Gate, Kyoto in 976. He secretes the arm away in a box. Subsequently he is visited by his wet-nurse ( or aunt – depending on which version you read ) who convinces him to show it to her. Instantly she snatches the arm and flies off revealing herself to be Ibaraki in disguise. The story became the famous no play Ibaraki. Published by Bakuro-cho ichome, Yamashiro han, c. late 1760s. Fine impression. Pristine condition. The fug…

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