資料名 |
Kawasaki Post Station: Shirai Gonpachi,from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Highway” |
解説 |
Utagawa Kunisada(ToyokuniⅢ) The illustrated figure at the Shinagawa post station is Matsumoto Koushirou V as Banzui’in Choubei and the ships dock at Edo Bay is illustrated at the background. At the Kawasaki post station, Iwai Hanshirou V as Shirai Gompachi and Rokugou Ferry is illustrated on the background. Suzugamori located between Shinagawa and Kawasaki post stations was a place where execution took place during the Edo period and this place is known as the place where Choubei and Gompachi met for the first time. This work is from the series “Actors Assorted in Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou ”. Right now 140 works of this series are found . The artist Toyokuni III is one of the most popular ukiyo-e artists. The landscape of the post station is illustrated at the background, and a figure in front is a character of kabuki play who has a connection to the post station. Also, the figure’s portrait is based on a famous kabuki actor. Utagawa Kunisada (Utagawa Toyokuni III) Tenmei 6~Genji 1 (1786~1864) Kunisada had a long career started from Bunka 4 (1807) till his death, became the most popular and successful ukiyo-e artist of that time. In the late Edo period, Kunisada’s reputation was far exceeded that of his contemporaries, more highly regarded than even Hokusai or Hiroshige. He was the most productive ukiyo-e artist and produced every genre of ukiyo-e. The pictures of beauties with his characteristic depictions of hunched back and short neck women were the dist inctive features of Kunisada’s style and a famous example was the picture of “Fraudulent Murasaki’s Bumpkin Genji”. The illustrated figure at the Shinagawa post station is Matsumoto Koushirou V as Banzui’in Choubei and the ships dock at Edo Bay is illustrated at the background. At the Kawasaki post station, Iwai Hanshirou V as Shirai Gompachi and Rokugou Ferry is illustrated on the background. Suzugamori located between Shinagawa and Kawasaki post stations was a place where execution took place during the Edo period and this place is known as the place where Choubei and Gompachi met for the first time. |
資料番号 |
10703 |
