Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 46443
Sutoku-in
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
- Date / 年代
- 1835-1845
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 310 × 450 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 青木ソラ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
The text located in the small frame at the top right of the print explains the meaning of the poem. It is from the imperial anthology Shikashü, which was compiled by order of Retired Emperor Sutoku(1119-64). It explains the image of the boulder standing in the rapids. Hence the water is divided, but meets again. The meaning of the poem thus lies in the sorrow of even transient separation for lovers. In the print the emperor stands on a boulder that rises from turbulent rapids. Powerful emotions of separation and longing are intensified by the dark tones of water and sky, the wind blowing against the emperor’s garment and hair, and a flash of lightning. The blue skin tone of the emperor’s fa…
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