triptych print
- Museum number
- 1906,1220,0.1339
- Title
- Object: Sanuki no in kenzoku o shite Tametomo o sukuu zu 讃岐院ケン属をして爲朝をすくふ圖 (Retired Emperor Sanuki Sends Allies to Rescue Tametomo)
- Description
-
Colour woodblock-printed triptych. Tametomo and his son rescued by tengu: Tametomo's party overcome in sea by storm; his wife in sea; Kihei climbing on to back of huge shark; Tametomo stopped from killing himself by spirits of tengu. Inscribed, signed, marked and sealed.
- Production date
- 1848-1852
- Dimensions
-
Height: 36.50 centimetres (each)
-
Width: 25 centimetres (each)
- $Inscriptions
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Curator's comments
- Smith 1988
This is one of the extravagantly heroic compositions produced by Kuniyoshi in response to the government crack-down on more frivolous subjects. It is based on the novel by Kyokutei Bakin (1767-1848) 'Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki' and Hokusai's illustrations to it. Fleeing by sea from defeat in the Heiji Wars, Tametomo's party are overcome by a storm. His wife throws herself into the sea to placate the waves, while Kihei saves their child by climbing on to the back of a huge shark. Tametomo is stopped from killing himself by the spirits of mythical creatures called 'tengu', followers of the dead Emperor Sutoku. The signature is 'Painted by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2007 Jun 13-Oct 7, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from Prehistory to the Present'
2009 Mar 21-Jun 7, London, Royal Academy, 'Kuniyoshi'
2010 12 Mar-13 Jun, New York, Japan Society, ‘Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. MillerCollection’
- Associated titles
-
Associated Title: Chinsetsu yumiharizuki (椿説弓張月)
-
Associated Title: Strange Tales of the Bow Moon
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1906,1220,0.1339
