Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 50980

The Prologue (Daijo) from the series

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Toyokuni I歌川豊国
Date / 年代: 1802
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録: 750 × 481 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: British Museum
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban. The scene in front of the 'torii' gateway of the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura from the 'Prologue' (Daijo) of the play 'Kanadehon Chushingura' by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shoraku and Namiki Senryu. From the right, Enya's wife Kaoyo Gozen tries to hold back the daimyo Momonoi Wakasanosuke as he lurches forward, about to draw his sword and attack; Lord Enya Hangan also tries to stop him while the Lord of Musashi, Ko no Moronao, laughing, calmly walks off. In the background we see the open umbrella that shades the shogun's representative Ashikaga Tadayoshi as he and other daimyo make their procession away from the shrine. The first design, called 'The Pro…

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