Catalog record · 目録番号 62106

Sisters - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe

Artist / 作者: Toyohara Chikanobu楊洲周延
Date / 年代: 1886
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 616 × 900 px
Published by / 公開者: 朝倉レン

Catalog note / 解説

"Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of Day and Night). Two sisters, Gigyoku and Gijo, were beautiful dancers in Gion. They were mistress of Taira Koyomori. But after a while, they were disillusioned. They wrote a farewell poem on shoji screen and became nuns in the Sagi Mountains.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1886. · artelino

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