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Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Description

Maker

  • Yoshimiya Sonokichi, Japanese, publisher
  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳, 1798-1861, Japanese
  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
  • Sugawa Renkichi, Japanese, block carver

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

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

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

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

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

Real and Imagined

December 7, 2018 - May 5, 2019

Depicting Four Seasons in Japanese Prints

July 23 - September 26, 1993

Samurai, Soldiers, and Idealized Militarism in Japanese Prints

October 10 - December 1, 1991

Bushido

November 1, 1985 - February 9, 1986

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

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