The Village School (Terakoya) Scene

Category

Library Item

Item no

329

Title

The Village School (Sugawara denju terakoya) scene from the play from the play 'Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy' ('Sugawara denju tenarai kagami')

Description

This print depicts Act 4, Scene 2 from the play 'Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy'. The action takes place at the village school where Sugawara has hidden his son and heir Kan Shusai. The evil lord Shihei has ordered Matsuomaru (seated centre) to identify and behead Kan Shusai. Each child is brought before Matsuomaru for inspection, before being released.

Artist / maker

Sadahide

Date

1845

Size

22.2 x 33.5 cm.

Type

Wood cut

Location

Art and Design Library

The following information appears on the print:

Signed: Sadahide ga
Artist: Utagawa Sadahide
Censor's Seal: kiwame

This is one of a set of 50 prints donated to Edinburgh City Libraries by Marie Ferguson Dyer in honour of her father Henry Dyer. Dyer was a Scottish engineer who became the first Principal of the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo in 1872.

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