Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 37675
Snake Tattoo - Fireman of Edo
- Artist / 作者
- Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
- Date / 年代
- 1871
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 828 × 1200 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Artelino
- Published by / 公開者
- 水野ナギ
- Rights / 権利
- All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
- Attribution / 表記
- Artelino
Catalog note / 解説
"Sakari Edo no Hanagata" (Flower of Edo). Kabuki actor, Nakamura Shikan is in the role of a tattooed fireman holding his fire company's symbol, "matori". As the old saying, "the fire and quarrels are the flower of Edo", suggested; the flamboyant firemen had been regarded as the representative of the brave and quick tempered Edo'ists.
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