Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 86103
The Joruri character Ohan with a doll
- Artist / 作者
- Kikugawa Eizan菊川英山
- Date / 年代
- 1805-1815
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1334 × 2000 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 白石カナ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
During the Kyoho era (1716-1736), two lovers committed suicide at the Katsura River in Kyoto, and the incident became famous because of the difference in age between the middle-aged man, Choemon, and the teenaged girl, Ohan. The story became the subject of a number of Kabuki and Joruri plays (the latter are puppet plays with narrative chanting accompanied by the shamisen, or three-stringed Japanese lute). This print depicts Ohan in everyday life in the Joruri drama 'Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami'. She gazes tenderly at a doll she is holding in her lap. The artist Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) produced many superior prints of beautiful women. Materials: Colour print from woodblocks
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