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Kitagawa Utamaro

Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri by Flute, 1790s

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Description

Maker

Title

Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri by Flute

Year

1790s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock-printed triptych

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 38.7 x 74.6 cm (15 1/4 x 29 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso (reverse of Part C), bottom right in pencil: EGR 192

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1144

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Poets, Heroes, and Courtiers

September 6 - December 1, 2002

Ushiwaka is the youthful name of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189), one of the great warrior heroes of the late Heian period (794-1185). The story of his love for Jōruri is told in the fifteenth-century Tale of Jōruri (Jōruri monogatari). The figures in this rendition of the story, however, are dressed in Edo-period (1600-1868) costume.

Each panel of this three-part print bears the signature of Utamaro (1753-1806), but if you look carefully you can see that the signature has been tampered with. Stylistically also the print does not agree with Utamaro’s other works, thus the attribution to Eizan.

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Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) serenading Jorurihime [Lady Joruri] by flute (Ushiwakamaru jorurihime), 1790's

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