Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 133452
17th Memorial for Asao Tamejûrô I and 13th memorial for Tamejûrô II
- Artist / 作者
- Yamanaka Shonen
- Date / 年代
- 1819
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 2000 × 1450 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 星野アカリ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
This <i>surimono</i> - print commemorating a poetry gathering - marks the thirteenth and seventeenth poetry gatherings held in rememberence of the deaths of, respectively, kabuki actors Asao Tamejûrô I and his son Asao Tamejûrô II. In the Edo period (1615-1868), kabuki actors often participated in wider cultural activities than just the theatre, for example poetry salons. Eleven poems offered at the memorial gathering are here printed to the left of a bunch of summer flowers. One of the verses is by Tamejûrô I's wife, Tomi. Both kabuki theatre and woodblock prints flourished in the Edo period. They were products of and contributors to the increasingly vibrant urban cultures of Edo (present-…
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