Kunisada • Yoshitsune en de duizend kersenbomen • Zeldzaam • Japanse houtsnede – Japan – Edo Periode (1600-1868)

** Dit ontwerp is niet gedocumenteerd in westerse bronnen **Artist: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, signing as Toyokuni III 三代豊国 (1786–1865) — signature Toyokuni ga 豊国画 in toshidama cartouche, with the notation Kiyomoto no ōju 清元乃應需Play: Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura (義経千本桜, "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees") — the Daimotsu-ura (大物浦) sceneTechnique: Nishiki-e (multi-colour woodblock) on washiFormat: Ōban tate-e triptych each approx. 37*25cm (three sheets)Date: censor/date seals present — 1850sGenre: Musha-e / yakusha-e (warrior-actor subject)----------------------------------------------------------------------Paper & condition Overall colour fading, Soiling, and surface rubbing; the lower margins are repaired. Presents in fair, honest condition for a set of this age. Please check the images carefully!----------------------------------------------------------------------About the printThe Daimotsu-ura scene is the dramatic peak of Yoshitsune Senbon-zakura, one of the three great masterpieces of the kabuki and bunraku repertoire. The Taira general Tomomori, believed dead after Dan-no-ura, has been living in disguise as the boatman Ginpei; here he reveals himself, fights Yoshitsune's party, and — his schemes undone — binds himself to an anchor and throws himself into the sea, his white costume deliberately evoking the conventions of the Nō ghost play Funa Benkei. The Kiyomoto no ōju inscription ties this design to a specific Kiyomoto-narrated staging, marking it as a commemorative commission rather than... lees verder bij Catawiki