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All auctions / Ancient Art / Utagawa Kuniyoshi · Ogura Nazorae Hyakunin Isshu · Poem 76 · Hakamadare
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳 (1797–1861) Series: Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu 小倉擬百人一首 (Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets) Title: No. 76, Poem by Hosshōji Nyūdō Saki no Kanpaku Daijō Daijin 法性寺入道前関白太政大臣 (Fujiwara no Tadamichi): Hakamadare Yasusuke 袴垂保輔 Format: Ōban tate-e, approx. 25 × 37 cm Technique: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and colour on paper Date: c. 1845–48 Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō 伊場屋仙三郎 (seal 伊場仙板) Carver: Hori Take 彫竹 Signature: 一勇齋國芳画 (Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga), with the artist's kiri seal Text: Ryūkatei Tanekazu 柳下亭種員 CONDITION Excellent colors, good impression. The paper is clean, firm and subtle! Please check the images! About the print Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu was the great collaborative project of the late 1840s. Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige and Kunisada divided the classical anthology of one hundred poems between them. Each sheet pairs a poem with a figure from history, legend or the stage. Poem 76, by the regent Fujiwara no Tadamichi, describes rowing out onto the open sea. There the white-crested waves (shiranami) blend with the clouds on the horizon. Kuniyoshi's pairing is a clever pun. In Edo slang, "shiranami" also meant "thieves", and kabuki plays about bandits were called shiranami-mono. So the poem is matched with Hakamadare Yasusuke, the most famous thief of Heian-period legend. According to the text on the sheet, his hideout was the temple gate of Zuiryūzan in eastern Kyoto. He disguised himself as a high-ranking noble and used secret arts to enter the imperial palace, but he was unmasked and captured by a powerful guard.
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