February (Kisagari) from the 'Twelve Months' series

Category

Library Item

Item no

347

Title

February (Kisagari) from the 'Twelve Months' series ('Junikagetsu no uchi')

Description

A scene from 'Rustic Genji' ('Inaka Genji'), which tells the story of Prince Mitsuuji in the search for his stolen sword, Kogarasumaru. In this violent scene, on a spring night with the cherry trees in bloom, Mitsuuji holds down a brigand dressed in black and beats him repeatedly. A young woman, clutching a letter between her teeth has been caught up in the struggle.

Artist / maker

Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Date

1850

Size

37 x 26.5 cm.

Type

Wood cut

Location

Art and Design Library

The following information appears on the print:

Signed: Toyokuni ga
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Censor's seals: Watanabe and Mera (1847 - 1850)

'Rustic Genji' was written as a parody of the 'Tale of Genji'. It tells the story of a fourteenth century prince, Mitsuuji, and his amorous adventures durung a search for his stolen sword, Kogarasumaru.

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.

One in series 'Round the twelve months'

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