Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 79752
Departure of the Warrior Kusunoki at the Sakurai Station
- Artist / 作者
- Kobayashi Kiyochika小林清親
- Date / 年代
- 1877-1902
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / mia
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 800 × 557 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 星野アカリ
- Rights / 権利
- Public Domain Mark only when record-designated
- Attribution / 表記
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Catalog note / 解説
This is one of Kiyochika's most experimental and technically ambitious prints. Replicating the effects of copperplate engraving, Kiyochika rendered volume and shadow by means of crosshatching. The figures and background landscape also reflect the influence of Western naturalism. Nonetheless, the subject of the print is a famous one from Japanese history showing the 14th century warrior Kusunoki Masashige. When Kusunoki and his troops were outmaneuvered by the enemy forces, he realized he would soon die. Although his brave son wanted to stay by his father, Kusunoki instructed him to return home, so that he could survive to fight another day. This touching farewell between father and son was…
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