「元禄日本錦」 「み」「村松三太夫高直」「柳原平右エ門」
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image courtesy of
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description
Another sheet from Genroku Nihon Nishiki, this print presents Muramatsu Sandayu Takanao and Yanagihara Heizaemon, two lesser-celebrated members of the Ako band. The iroha syllable 'mi' identifies one figure. Such multi-figure compositions within the series allowed Kyosai to portray the full complement of retainers, each distinguished by facial type, armor detail, or weapon. The Chushingura narrative remained a perennially popular subject in Meiji-era print culture, and Kyosai's treatment would have appealed to audiences nostalgic for samurai-era moral codes even as the Meiji government was actively dismantling the warrior class.
More Prints by Kawanabe Kyosai
Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
1863
Woodblock print
Kyosai, Royal Academy, London, FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING
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Original Museum Lithographic Exhibition Poster
from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Woodblock print
Gontazaka, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
Frequently Asked Questions
「元禄日本錦」 「み」「村松三太夫高直」「柳原平右エ門」 was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).