Shunkan in exile
by Ogata Gekko
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Description
Shunkan in exile—the Buddhist monk exiled to a volcanic island by the Taira clan for participation in a plot against them, later abandoned when the amnesty pardon arrived too late for him—was one of Japanese literature's most poignant figures of solitary suffering. The island exile's desperate situation, watching the pardon boat depart without him, had been immortalized in the Heike Monogatari and staged in Noh and Kabuki. Gekko's rendering would capture that moment of final abandonment.
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The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shunkan in exile was created by Ogata Gekko (尾形月耕).
Shunkan in exile depicts landscapes, figures, and religious.