THE SWORD KURIKARAMARU AND THE DRAGON (Utagawa Toyokuni)
$645.00
Object: original Japanese woodblock print (left part of a diptych)
Genre: ukiyo-e 浮世絵 pictures of the floating world
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825), signed Toyokuni ga 豊国画
Print title: Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Daizen 大ぜん 市川男女蔵 (初代)
Print subject: when the evil Matsunaga Daizen 松永大膳 draws the sword Kurikaramaru 倶利伽羅丸, the reflection of a dragon appears in front of a waterfall near the Golden Pavilion 金閣寺
Play: Gion Sairei Shinkoki 祇園祭礼信仰記
Theater: Ichimura 市村
Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon 松村辰右衛門
Censor’s seal: kiwame 極
Material: washi 和紙 Japanese paper
Technique: nishiki-e 錦絵 multi-coloured woodblock printing
Year: 1822, 3rd month
Condition: fair, slight wrinkles, fold marks and paper thinnings, small restoration, partially trimmed margins
Dimensions: 25 x 38,5 cm
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