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CHOBUNSAI EISHI. A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters. Artist: Chobunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 30 in. (36.5 x 76.2cm). Date: ca. 1797.
Eishi, born of a samurai family, studied under Kano Eisen'in Sukenobu (1730-1790), the fifth-generation head of Kobikicho, one of four Kano academies in Edo. He was granted the artist's name of Eishi by Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu.
Yuranosuke, a kabuki hero from Kana-dehon Cho-ushingura, posed as a playboy to show that he had no intention of taking revenge for his lord, who had been forced to commit suicide.
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A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters
A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters. Artist: Chobunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 30 in. (36.5 x 76.2cm). Date: ca. 1797. Eishi, born of a samurai family, studied under Kano Eisen'in Sukenobu (1730-1790), the fifth-generation head of Kobikicho, one of four Kano academies in Edo. He was granted the artist's name of Eishi by Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu. Yuranosuke, a kabuki hero from Kana-dehon Cho-ushingura, posed as a playboy to show that he had no intention of taking revenge for his lord, who had been forced to commit suicide.
Technique/matériel:
Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Période:
Edo period (1615-1868)
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Autorisations:
Modèle: Non - Propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image:
4800 x 2404 px | 33.0 MB
Taille d'impression:
40.6 x 20.4 cm | 16.0 x 8.0 in (300 dpi)