KUNIYOSHI – Honderd Gedichten door Honderd Dichters – circa 1845–1848 – Japanse Houtsnede – Japan – Edo Periode (1600-1868)

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), signed Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (一勇斎国芳画)Title: Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki: Karukaya Dōshin and Ishidōmaru (紀貫之 刈萱道心 石働丸)Series: Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu – Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (小倉擬百人一首), No. 35Date: Japan, c. 1845–48 (late Edo period)Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō)Carver: Hori Fusajirō (彫工房次郎)Text: Ryūkatei Tanekazu (柳下亭種員)Format: Ōban, approx. 36 × 24 cm________________________________________________CONDITIONAll colors retain their original vibrancy. The dark colors are very well preserved. The paper has a very light backing (Edo Paper). Some minor repairs are noted. Please check the images!________________________________________________THE SCENEThe upper panel carries one of the most famous poems of the classical canon, by the court poet Ki no Tsurayuki (c. 868–945):The depths of the hearts of humankind cannot be known. But in my birthplace the plum blossoms smell the same as in the years gone by.Below it, Kuniyoshi sets the poem against a medieval legend. Katō Shigeuji, a warrior-lord from Tsukushi in Kyushu, gave up his domain, climbed Mount Kōya and became the monk Karukaya Dōshin. Years later his young son Ishidōmaru went searching for him across the mountain. When the boy found him, the father would not reveal who he was. In the end he relented, but... lees verder bij Catawiki