Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 121421
Frontispiece
- Artist / 作者
- Fujikawa Tamenobu藤川為信
- Date / 年代
- 1918
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 600 × 416 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 星野アカリ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
Wednesday, 26 January 2005 Shanks' Mare Tokaido Series: Frontispiece Artist: Tamenobu Fujikawa Format: Oban yoko-e: 9.5" x 14" approx Subject: The two heroes of 'Shanks' Mare Tokaido' (Tokaido Hizakurige by Jippensha Ikku, here depicted by Tamenobu in twin mirror cartouches; their names were Yajirobe and Kitahachi. The author Ikku was a popular comic writer of the Tokugawa period (19th century) and this was the first 'translation' of the two scoundrel adventures on the Tokaido highway into Ukiyo-e. Viewers must bear in mind that in this set Yajirobe always wears a blue coat while his partner in crime, Kitahachi, wears clothes with cross-hatched stripes. Distances of their travels are calcul…
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