1753-1806
Series: A Guide to Women’s Contemporary Style
Title: Courtesan of the Northern Quarter
Publisher: Murata-ya Jirobei
Woodblock print
Fine impression, color, and condition
Competing to be the First at the Battle of Uji River
1861
Woodblock print
14.50 x 30.37 in (36.83 x 77.14 cm)
Published by Mori-ya Jihei
Fine impression, color and condition
Sasaki Takatsuna and Kajiwara Kagesue compete to the first to cross the Uji River and start to fight in the battle of Uji river. Sasaki won by tricking Kajiwara into thinking his saddle girth was loose by shouting “Your saddle girth is loose! Don’t fall and be the laughing stock of the enemy.”
This a wonderful design with great use Okubi-e style in a triptych.
In the Snow at Tsukahara, Sado Island
1835
Woodblock print
9.50 x 14.50 in (24.13 x 36.83 cm)
Series: Concise Illustrated Biography of the Monk Nichiren
Publisher: Ise-ya Rihei
Fine impression, color and condition
Nichiren, also known as Kôsô, was a Buddhist priest who lived from 1222 to 1282. He has had various miracles attributed to him and founded the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, of which Kuniyoshi was an adherent. In this print he is shown wandering Sado Island in the snow, where he has been exiled.
Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Sinking the Foremost Ship of Mochimitsu’s Fleet with a Single Arrow
1843-46
Woodblock print
14 x 29.25 in (35.56 x 74.30 cm)
Published by Horino-ya Tasuke
Fine impression, color and condition
Slightly trimmed
Minamoto no Tametomo (1139 – April 23, 1170), also known as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo, was a samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156. Tametomo is known in the epic chronicles as a powerful archer and legend has it he once sunk an entire Taira ship with a single arrow by puncturing its hull below the waterline. Legends say that his left arm was about 4 inches longer than his right, enabling a longer draw of the arrow, and more powerful shots. After the Hōgen Rebellion, the Taira cut the tendons in Tametomo’s left arm, limiting the use of his bow, and banished him to Oshima in the Izu Islands.
#107 Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo
1857
Woodblock print
14.25 x 9.37 in (36.20 x 23.80 cm)
Series: 100 Views of Edo, No. 107 (Brooklyn Catalog)
Publisher: Uo-Ei
Fine impression, color and condition
An extremely fine example of the 1st state deluxe edition. This print is one of the three most often cited as favorites in the series, along with the Rain at Ohashi (print 58) and the Foxfires at Oji (print 118). There is a particular appeal in the powerful form of the eagle as it prepares to dive for prey in the wintry marshes below. The back of the eagle is enhanced with glinting mica and the three claws seen here are coated in shiny gloss. In the distance is the snow-capped form of Mount Tsukuba. Fukagawa Susaki was a portion of land along Edo Bay that had a popular Benten shrine at the tip and that also offered excellent shellfish gathering at low tide in the spring. The view here is from Fukagawa Susaki toward Jumantsubo, a large tract of land that corresponds to the present Senda and Sengoku 2-3 chome neighborhoods in Koto Ward. This area was reclaimed from the marshes in 1723-1726 and named after its approximate area. In Hiroshige’s time it was occupied in part by one of the suburban daimyo estates. (Brooklyn Museum Catalog entry)
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