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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)
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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)

Evening Faces (Yugao)

Fermé22 June 2017

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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797–1861)
Evening Faces (Yugao)
Woodblock print, from the series Heroic Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Buyu nazorae Genji), signed Chooro Kuniyoshi ga, published by Ibaya Senzaburo, circa 1843
Otanzakuban (37.9 x 17.3 cm.)

Note du spécialiste

This atmospheric design depicts Ushiwaka-maru (the adolescent Minamoto no Yoshitsune) playing the flute in moonlight on Gojo Bridge, Kyoto, with Benkei creeping up behind.

For the same print in the collections of The British Museum, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3277228&partId=1

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