Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 40637

Toki ni otsu-e kitai no maremono

梳行逢都繪代稀物

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1848
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録: 750 × 1116 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: British Museum
Published by / 公開者: 青木ソラ
Rights / 権利: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum

Catalog note / 解説

Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Self-portrait of the artist (centre) seated with painting equipment, surrounded by Otsu folk paintings which have come to life, each with the resemblance of a kabuki actor: (clockwise from right) Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Thunder God (Kaminari), an unknown actor as Catfish with a Gourd (Hyotan namazu), Onoe Kikujiro (?) as Young Falconer (Takajo wakashu), Ichikawa Kuzo as Samurai Footman (Yakko), Otani Hiroemon as Daikoku (Geho), Iwai Kumesaburo as Ushiwaka-maru, Nakamura Utaemon IV as Demon Reciting Buddhist Prayers (Oni nenbutsu), Nakayama Bungoro as Drunkard Samurai Footman (Sakanomi yakko), Onoe Baiko IV as Wisteria Maiden (Fuji musume), Seki Sanjuro…

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