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Shirai Gonpachi discovered by Banzui Chobei
Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1847, Wood cut
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Shirai Gonpachi discovered by Banzui Chobei
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Title
Shirai Gonpachi discovered by Banzui Chobei, scene from a Kabuki play
Description
The legends and plays inspired by the life of Shirai Gonpachi, transformed a villainous character into a popular hero. In fiction many of Gonpachi's treacherous deeds are guided by his chivalrous impulse, his main goal being to free the beautiful Komurasaki, who has been sold to a brothel.
In this print Shirai Gonpachi is pictured crouching and sheltering under a straw cape. Gonpachi has just been involved in a fight and Banzui Chobei (shown standing beside him with a lantern) has come to Gonpachi's aid. After this first meeting, Chobei will become Gonpachi's main ally and partner in crime. Behind them is a large gravestone inscribed with the words 'Praise to the Lotus Sutra', this grave indicates that they are at Suzugamori and are close to the execution grounds.
Artist / maker
Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Date
1847
Size
36 x 25 cm.
Type
Wood cut
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Art and Design Library
The following information appears on the print:
Signed: Kochoro Toyokuni ga
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Censor's Seal: Mera and Murata (1847 - 1850)
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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Dai Nippon (Great Japan)
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