Catalog record · 目録番号 121421
Frontispiece
Catalog note / 解説
Wednesday, 26 January 2005 Shanks' Mare Tokaido Series: Frontispiece Artist: Tamenobu Fujikawa Format: Oban yoko-e: 9.5" x 14" approx Subject: The two heroes of 'Shanks' Mare Tokaido' (Tokaido Hizakurige by Jippensha Ikku, here depicted by Tamenobu in twin mirror cartouches; their names were Yajirobe and Kitahachi. The author Ikku was a popular comic writer of the Tokugawa period (19th century) and this was the first 'translation' of the two scoundrel adventures on the Tokaido highway into Ukiyo-e. Viewers must bear in mind that in this set Yajirobe always wears a blue coat while his partner in crime, Kitahachi, wears clothes with cross-hatched stripes. Distances of their travels are calcul…
Image record / 画像情報
JAODB · 1918 · jaodb
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