Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 39561

The Spider Monster Creating Monsters in the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1843
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録: 2000 × 1030 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

Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) was a master of the triptych format and a highly accomplished exponent of the <i>musha-e</i> or 'warrior print' genre. In this triptych he deals with a legend about Minamoto no Yorimitsu that was adopted by the Noh theatre. Yorimitsu is attacked by a spider monster when he is ill in bed, but slays it with the help of his four senior retainers. When the print was published, a rumour circulated that it was meant to satirize the backward-looking Tempo Reforms promoted by the government at the time. Neither the artist nor the publisher were punished, however. Materials: Woodblock print on paper

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