Shinpan kawarimashita dōchū sukeroku
- Date:
- 1793
- Medium:
- Woodblock- printed book; 1 vol.
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A monochrome woodblock book page showing a mounted warrior figure in patterned armor astride a rearing horse, one arm raised with fist clenched; a red-orange sash or cord drapes diagonally across the composition. Dense columns of cursive Japanese text (kuzushi-ji) fill the right side and upper portion of the page, with a small rectangular cartouche of characters near the center; sparse foliage or grass motifs appear at the left edge. The image is printed in black ink on aged, toned paper, with a second, partially visible page beneath showing more figures and text; this is a page from Torii Kiyonaga's illustrated book "Shinpan kawarimashita dōchū sukeroku."
More Prints by Torii Kiyonaga
Watching the Water Festival from Azuma Bridge, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"
c. 1782
Color woodblock print; chuban
Courtesans of Yoshiwara and their attendants viewing the peonies on Nakanocho
c. 1787
Color woodblock print; center and right sheets of oban triptych
A visit to a shrine, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fuzoku juni tsui)"
c. 1786
Color woodblock print; koban
A Party Viewing the Moon Across the Sumida River
c. 1787
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Frequently Asked Questions
Shinpan kawarimashita dōchū sukeroku was created by Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長) in 1793.