Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 37730
Hero and Demon - Kabuki
- Artist / 作者
- Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
- Date / 年代
- 1890
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 902 × 1400 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Artelino
- Published by / 公開者
- 朱雀ハル
- Rights / 権利
- All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
- Attribution / 表記
- Artelino
Catalog note / 解説
"Ichijo Modoribashi no Ba" (The Scene at Ichijo Modori-bashi Bridge) from Kabuki dance drama, "Ibaraki". Watanabe no Tsuna (Right: played by Ichikawa Sadanji-I), one of the legendary Four Retainers of Minamoto Raiko, is pursuing the demon, Kaidomaru (or Ibaraki: played by Onoe Kikugoro -V) who is flying away with his severed hand in the mouth. This dramatic design was featured in the popular Kunichika reference book, "Time Present and Time Past: Images of a Gorgotten Master.".
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