Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 46420
Fuwa Banzaemon, Nagoya Yamasaburö and Takagi Umanosuke
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
- Date / 年代
- 1852
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 481 × 243 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 黒川トウマ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
The historical figure of Fuwa Banzaemon was a servant of Hideyoshi’s son, Toyotomi Hidetsugu. Banzaemon was known for his good looks. In the Kabuki story Sayaate (Rivalry ), Banzaemon and Nagoya Yamasaburö compete for the love of the courtesan Katsuragi. After Bazaemon murders Yamasaburö’s father, Yamasaburö kills Banzaemon. Kuniyoshi creates a gruesome, yet comic scene: in a weed-infested, dilapidated temple, a bloated ghost with bulging eyes hovers over Nagoya Yamasaburö (the central figure wearing a green and blue kimono). On the left sits an ancient golden Buddha. Behind the Buddha lies a deserted graveyard with a large head lying in the center. Some scholars have speculated that the po…
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