Catalog record · 目録番号 113469
A Parody of the Immortal Kinkö
Catalog note / 解説
Nishimura Shigenaga owned property on Töri-abura Street in downtown Edo (modern Tokyo), and later ran a bookstore. He designed a number of book illustrations as well as single-sheet prints, and was the founder of the Nishimura School of ukiyo-e. This hand-colored urushi-e style print parodies a classical Chinese subject, the Immortal Kinkö. Kinkö was a legendary immortal (and skilled koto player) from the Zhou period (ca. B.C.E 1000-256) in China. After wandering for over 200 years, he returned riding a carp, and promised his apprentices that he would catch a baby dragon. Since there is a legendary tale about carp becoming dragons after swimming up a waterfall, the carp that the woman is ri…
Image record / 画像情報
Honolulu · 1737 c. · honolulu
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