Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 42074
Apparition of the Sea Monk, Umibozu, looming above the sailor Kawanaya Tokuzo
Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 歌川国芳 (Ichiyusai KUNIYOSHI) (1845)
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
- Date / 年代
- 1845
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1400 × 2066 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Prints London
- Published by / 公開者
- 朝倉レン
- Rights / 権利
- No commercial-app permission documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Prints London
Catalog note / 解説
The apparition of the Sea Monk, Umibozu, looming above the sailor Kawanaya Tokuzo. The best design from Tokaido gojusan tsui, Station 41, Kuwana. The legend has it that Tokuzo, against the advice of his peers, went to sea on the last day of the year. He subsequently experienced huge seas and the monster who demanded to know what was the most horrible thing he knew. He replied that his profession was the most horrid. Satisfied, the creature descended into the Stygian gloom and the storm abated. Published by Kojima-ya Jubei, c. 1845. Illustrated in Robinson, Kuniyoshi, HMSO, 1961, no. 49. Fine, early impression with the light blue on the sea. Fine colour. Expert remargin at bottom but retaini…
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