Catalog record · 目録番号 37730

Hero and Demon - Kabuki

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Kunichika豊原国周
Date / 年代: 1890
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 902 × 1400 px
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル

Catalog note / 解説

"Ichijo Modoribashi no Ba" (The Scene at Ichijo Modori-bashi Bridge) from Kabuki dance drama, "Ibaraki". Watanabe no Tsuna (Right: played by Ichikawa Sadanji-I), one of the legendary Four Retainers of Minamoto Raiko, is pursuing the demon, Kaidomaru (or Ibaraki: played by Onoe Kikugoro -V) who is flying away with his severed hand in the mouth. This dramatic design was featured in the popular Kunichika reference book, "Time Present and Time Past: Images of a Gorgotten Master.".

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1890. · artelino

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