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「廓新聞怨の寝刃 右」
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ritsumeikan University
- Image courtesy of
- Ritsumeikan University
Description
The right panel (migi) of the diptych Kuruwa Shinbun Urami no Nenba depicts a scene of violent resentment from the pleasure quarter, the title translating roughly as 'Pleasure Quarter News: The Blade of Resentment.' Such 'kuruwa shinbun' (quarter news) prints addressed sensational incidents from the licensed districts — crimes of passion, disputes, murders — that circulated as tabloid-like subjects in popular print culture. The 'nenba' (sharpened or tempered blade held in readiness) implies premeditated violence. Kyosai, whose work frequently engaged with subjects of death and transgression, would have rendered the scene with the dramatic intensity and psychological acuity that distinguishes his narrative prints from more conventional treatments.
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
2022
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
「廓新聞怨の寝刃 右」 was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).