A woman is dressed and posed as the hero Taiso seated in a palanquin and holding a long kiseru pipe, a prop associated with sophisticated urban identity. This cross-gender mitate (parody or comparison) prints a beautiful woman in a heroic male role, a genre that Kuniyoshi and his contemporaries enjoyed for the incongruity of applying warrior gravitas to feminine grace. The surimono format indicates a luxury print produced for a private patron or poetry circle around 1830.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Woman as the Hero Taisō in Palanquin Holding a Pipe was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) in c. 1830.
Woman as the Hero Taisō in Palanquin Holding a Pipe depicts figures, bijin-ga, and travel scenes.
Woman as the Hero Taisō in Palanquin Holding a Pipe measures 20.2 × 17.8 cm (Oban format).
