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Utagawa Hiroshige

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyō no zu), 1843-1847

Description

Maker

Title

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyō no zu)

Year

1843-1847

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 38.3 x 75.6 cm (15 1/16 x 29 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Tōdaiji keidai no uchi Hiroshige ga (on each sheet) | Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet) | Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheet)

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1296

About

This print envisages a famous Kabuki play. At center, the warrior Taira no Kagekiyo (d. 1196) wields a long pole blade (naginata). He is waiting outside the Great Buddha Hall at Tōdaiji to assassinate his nemesis, Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199), the founder and first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate, a military feudal
government that ruled Japan until 1333.

Two print artists with distinct areas of expertise collaborated on this triptych: Kuniyoshi depicted the figures and Hiroshige created the landscape.

Tōdaiji keidai no uchi Hiroshige ga (on each sheet) | Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet) | Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheet)

Japan; Tokyo
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Bushido

November 1, 1985 - February 9, 1986

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