MINAMOTO NO TAMETOMO ENCOUNTERS A STORM (Utagawa Yoshiiku)

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Object: original Japanese woodblock print
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world

Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku 歌川芳幾 (1833-1904), signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga 一恵斎芳幾画
From the series: Modern Parodies of Genji 今様擬源氏
Print title: Ch. 31, Makibashira, Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo 三十一 まきはしら 鎮西八郎為朝
Print subject: on the sea at Mizumata 水股, in Higo Province 肥後の国, Minamoto no Tametomo 源為朝 encounters a storm

Top center inscription: And now I leave this house behind forever. Do not forget me, friendly cypress pillar. 今はとて宿かれぬともなれきつる まきのはしらは我をわするな

Publisher: Omiya Kyujiro 近江屋久次郎 (Kiyudo 亀遊堂)
Censor’s seal: Rat 7 aratame 子七改

Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing

Year: 1864, 7th month
Condition: overall good, wormholes, partially trimmed margins
Dimensions: 24,5 x 35 cm

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