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'Thirty-six Outstanding Poems'
Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1856, Wood cut
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Title
'Thirty-six Outstanding Poems' ('Mitate sanju rokkusen')
Description
The actor Ichikawa Kodanji II in the role of Munekiyo. Munekiyo is shown coming to the aid of Tokiwa Gozen who shelters her children from the cold. Tokiwa Gozen was the mother of the great samurai general Minamoto no Yoshitsune. The print makes numerous puns on the word 'matsu' meaning pine, and combines poetical and theatrical references.
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Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Date
1856
Size
35 x 22.5 cm.
Type
Wood cut
Location
Art and Design Library
COLLABORATIVE PRINT:
The following information appears on the print:
Signed: Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga (lower drawing)
Gengyo Miyagi ga (upper still life)
Artists: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) and Gengyo Miyagi (1817 - 1880)
Censor's seals:
This print is from the series: 'The Thirty-six Outstanding Poems' ('Mitate Sanju Rokku-sen'). A snowy landsacape is depicted in the upper quarter of the print.
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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