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Lot 3
KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)
Parody of the killing of the Nue (Nue taiji)
Fermé18 June 2020
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GBP 1,875
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A humorous parody of the famous killing of the chimeric monster Nue by Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106-1180). The warrior’s heroic exploit is juxtaposed with a quotidian interior scene of a young boy capturing a rat with a box on a lacquer tray with bait. A courtesan holds up a light beside the boy echoing the composition of the cartouche.
The same print is in the collection of the Musem of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 18.300, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/230690/parody-of-the-killing-of-the-nue-from-the-series-picture-si
The same print is in the collection of the Musem of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 18.300, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/230690/parody-of-the-killing-of-the-nue-from-the-series-picture-si