Catalog record · 目録番号 40545

Gishi ningyo (Figures of the loyal retainers)

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1855
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1089 px
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ

Catalog note / 解説

Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Fight with swords, naginata, and mallets, between the ronin and the retainers of Morono, with a half-dressed woman on the ground. This was one of the groups of carved figures (ningyo) set up in the grounds of Sensoji temple in Asakusa in 1855.

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1855 · bm

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