Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 21689

Kiritsubo

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代: 1852
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
Digital record / 画像記録: 2000 × 1307 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Catalog note / 解説

Classical Yamato-e style painting, which was only available to aristocrats and the wealthier warrior class, became familiar to town painters (machi-eshi ) such as Hiroshige by the mid-nineteenth century. Hiroshige's use of the Yamato-e style may have been related to the strict governmental laws banning the depiction of sumptuous items and Kabuki actors or famous courtesans in luxurious dress. The artist might have used the traditional style in order to avoid censure by the government. (from Tale of Genji exhibition 1/11/06-)

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