Above, a Kabuki play scene, showing a woman washing the feet of another, watched by a man; below left, the changeling 'Jizō' (Kshitigarbha); below right, an 'entertainment woman' (geisha?) standing on a jetty on the Sumida river at Mukōjima. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with bottom right design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.
- Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.
- Date:
- [1870?]
- Reference:
- 567349i
- Pictures
- Online
Selected images from this work
View 1 imageAbout this work
Description
The upper design shows a scene from a Kabuki play 'Adachigahara', based on a local story. The image below of 'Jizō', depicts the changeling diety as an old man pulling down his eyes and mouth. The lower right design shows a geisha (?) awaiting a boat on the east bank of the Sumida at Mukōjima, with the Matsuchiyama temple and hill seen in the distance, beyond the river
Publication/Creation
Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [1870?]
Physical description
1 print : woodcut, printed in colours ; sheet 35.5 x 23.9 cm
Lettering
Includes set title, various artists' signatures, censor's seal, block cutter's mark and publisher's mark
Lettering in Japanese
Reference
Wellcome Collection 567349i
Notes
In a set of prints called: Modern sights of Tokyo. Each print comprises two or three scenes set in Tokyo, often containing a fantastic or comic element. The designs are by Kyosai, his pupils and contemporaries
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores