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「東京開化名勝ノ内」 「立石」「仏工春日」「賓頭盧尊者之像ヲ調彫之図」「中川河番所」「利根川ばら/\松」 by Kawanabe Kyosai — Japanese Woodblock print

「東京開化名勝ノ内」 「立石」「仏工春日」「賓頭盧尊者之像ヲ調彫之図」「中川河番所」「利根川ばら/\松」

by Kawanabe Kyosai

Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Description

A single sheet divided into four small vignettes beneath a red title cartouche. At upper left, two dark birds swoop in flight above a spray of red blossoms against a plain cream ground; at upper right, a seated figure in a red-and-blue patterned robe works with raised hands, matching the title's reference to the sculptor Kasuga carving an image of the arhat Pindola. Below, a waterside scene of moored boats, a flag-hung dockside building, and pine trees rendered in muted indigo and grey sits beside a fourth panel showing a grey-robed seated figure with a standing attendant, the whole sheet keyed to the multiple place-names and subjects listed in the title.

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「東京開化名勝ノ内」 「立石」「仏工春日」「賓頭盧尊者之像ヲ調彫之図」「中川河番所」「利根川ばら/\松」 was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).