Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 72248

Act 9, The Quiet Retreat in Yamashina

Artist / 作者
Keisai Eisen渓斎英泉
Date / 年代
1805-1848
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
1200 × 789 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Eisen Act 9, The Quiet Retreat in Yamashina (161-1-9, 161-2-5) HonzoOs wife Tanase accompanies her daughter Konami, and conveys the message that she wants Konami married to Rikiya, but YuranosukeOs wife Oishi refuses. Honzo in the form of a mendicant Zen monk appears before the mother and daughter who have decided to die, and speaks ill of Oboshi and the others, only to be struck by RikiyaOs spear and die. He reveals his true heart in his dying breath, and entrusting a map of MoronaoOs mansion to his daughter Konami, Honzo dies. The print shows the scene where Honzo restrained by Oishi is stabbed by RikiyaOs spear.

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