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diptych print
;
surimono
Object Type
diptych print
surimono
Museum number
1922,0213,0.2
Title
Object:
Haru no yama-mata 春ノ山又
(Spring Mountains)
Description
Colour woodblock-printed diptych, surimono. Scenes from childhood of Kintaro: shaking tree down in front of torrent; tengu falling out of tree; Yamauba seated by tree; Yorimitsu arriving at top right. With poems. Nishiki-e on paper with applied metal dust. Inscribed and signed.
Producer name
Print artist:
Totoya Hokkei (魚屋北渓)
Written by:
Kagendo Tsugiho 花源洞継穂
(poem)
Written by:
Seiyokan Umeyo 青陽館梅世
(poem)
Cultures/periods
Edo Period
Production date
1830
(c.)
Production place
Published in:
Kyoto-shi
(?)
Published in:
Osaka-shi
(?)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
Dimensions
Height:
41.80 centimetres
(whole)
Width:
36 centimetres
(whole)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Smith 1988 This extraordinary display of printing technique seems to be the work of a Kyoto or Osaka publisher. The legendary Red Boy of the mountains is shaking a tree down to make a bridge over a torrent. Creatures called 'tengu' fall out of it, one holding a board marked 'nightingale'. By the tree sits his mother Yaegiri, sometimes known as Yamauba. Yorimitsu (top right) arrives to discover the boy and adopt him. Two poems are showered with cherry-blossoms. The allusions of this complex print are not all explained. The signature is 'Painted by Hokkei'.
Bibliographic references
Smith 1988 / Ukiyoe: Images of Unknown Japan
(198)
Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 3 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan
(65)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
history
myth/legend
Associated names
Representation of:
Sakata no Kintoki 坂田の金時
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Yamauba (山姥)
Representation of:
Minamoto no Yorimitsu 源頼光
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Kato Shozo (加藤章造)
Acquisition date
1922
Department
Asia
Registration number
1922,0213,0.2