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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳

Takiyasha Summons a Skeleton to confront Mitsukuni in the Sōma Castle, ca. 1844

Description

Maker

Title

Takiyasha Summons a Skeleton to confront Mitsukuni in the Sōma Castle

Year

ca. 1844

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 37 x 74.1 cm (14 9/16 x 29 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
Censor's seal: Watari

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.2336

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Heroes and Warriors

September 28, 2007 - January 13, 2008

Taira no Masakado (d. 940), a provincial warlord who rebelled against the court, was defeated and killed. Here, in his ruined castle at Sōma haunted by the ghosts of his soldiers, his sorceress daughter Takiyasha conjures up a spectral skeleton to frighten the court’s emissary, Mitsukuni. Mitsukuni, formerly a follower of Masakado, remains undaunted and ultimately defeats Takiyasha.

Triptychs in Japanese Printmaking

June 6 - August 31, 2003

Takiyasha, daughter of a 10th-century provincial warlord who rebelled against the Kyoto court, is depicted in her ruined palace invoking a monster skeleton to frighten Kyoto’s representative, Mitsukuni. The brave emissary, to the left in the central panel, courageously faces the fearful specter and eventually overcomes the princess’s spells.

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳

Apparition of the large skeleton summoned by Takiyasha, daughter of Taira no Masakado in his haunted Soma Castle in front of Otake Taro Mitsukuni and his retainer, ca. 1844

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳

Apparition of the large skeleton summoned by Takiyasha, daughter of Taira no Masakado in his haunted Soma Castle in front of Otake Taro Mitsukuni and his retainer, ca. 1844

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳

Apparition of the large skeleton summoned by Takiyasha, daughter of Taira no Masakado in his haunted Soma Castle in front of Otake Taro Mitsukuni and his retainer, ca. 1844

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