Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 45952
The Miracle of Famous Paintings by Ukiyo Matahei
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
- Date / 年代
- 1853
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mia
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 800 × 594 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 森川ミドリ
- Rights / 権利
- Public Domain Mark only when record-designated
- Attribution / 表記
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Catalog note / 解説
One of the many subplots in the puppet play Keisei hangonko (The Beauty Whose Spirit Appears in the Incense Smoke), first performed in 1708, involves a certain Matahei who is credited with having created the Otsu-e style of folk painting (examples on view in this gallery). When Matahei is about to be arrested on false charges, the subjects of his paintings magically come to life and defend him. Here, an astonished Matahei peers up as his creations. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, who created this design, included all ten Otsu-e themes--the standard repertoire of Otsu-e artists after the turn of the nineteenth century.
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