Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 45693
Twenty-four [ Chinese ] Paragons of Filial Piety
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
- Date / 年代
- 1998
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Heisei / kruml
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1444 × 1896 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
An extremely interesting original oban tate-e drawing, fully signed. A preparatory sketch for an unrecorded Nijushiko, “Twenty-four [ Chinese ] Paragons of Filial Piety” set. Shows Kakkio ( Kuo Chu ) and his wife unearthing a pot of gold. Like the other two published sets of Filial Piety by Kuniyoshi, there is a strong western influence in the depiction of the figures and landscape. See no.79, p.95 and nos.216-219, pages 195-197 in Heroes & Ghosts, Hotei publishing, 1998. Also no.107, p.134, Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Leiden Museum, Matthi Forrer, 1988 for another original sketch for one of the horizontal Filial Piety designs. Sumi and light colour; 14 x 10.5 in., 36 x 27 cms. Good cond…
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