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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1990,0614,0.1.8
Title
Object:
Kuramayama Sojogadani Ushiwakamaru gekito rennma no zu 鞍馬山僧正渓牛子需麿撃刀錬磨之図
(Ushiwakamaru Undergoing Military Training at Sojogadani on Mt. Kurama)
Description
Sketch for a woodblock print triptych, ink on paper. Ushiwakamaru (young Minamoto no Yoshitsune) undergoing military training at Kurama. With pentimenti.
Producer name
Painted by:
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods
Meiji Era
Production date
1880
Production place
Painted in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
36.90 centimetres
Width:
74.70 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
One of 52 preparatory sketches for woodblock prints or paintings, originally mounted in album. Album and 52 sketches registered as 1990,0614,0.1.1-53.
Bibliographic references
Keyes 1983 / Courage and Silence: A Study of the Life and Color Woodblock Prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1838-1892)
(434)
Yoshida 1993 / Tsukioka Yoshitoshi no sekai
(119)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
warrior
military
Associated names
Representation of:
Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経
Associated with:
Sojobo (僧正坊)
Associated places
Associated with:
Kurama-yama
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Israel Goldman
Acquisition date
1990
Department
Asia
Registration number
1990,0614,0.1.8
Additional IDs
Asia painting number:
Jap.Ptg.Add.943
(Japanese Painting Additional Number)