Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta Yoshihira. – Vintage Wall Art
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta Yoshihira., preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta Yoshihira.
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This four-sheet vertical print shows a scene titled "Naruto no mae," named for the Naruto Strait, the turbulent tidal channel between Awaji and Shikoku known for its whirlpools. The title places two figures, Tada no Kurando Yukitsuna and Akugenta Yoshihira, in a play drawn from the Genpei-era warrior stories that Edo theater audiences loved. The record dates the print to 1847 or 1848, when actor prints like this one were a staple of the Edo publishing trade. Its tall, multi-panel format lets the artist carry a sweeping seascape across the full width, a composition that was common for dramatic theatrical scenes of the period.
| Created / published | [1847 or 1848] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (4 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.6 x 96.8 cm (whole image), 36.3 x 24.4 cm (far left panel), 36.3 x 24.7 cm (middle left panel), 36.6 x 23.2 cm (middle right panel), 36.3 x 24.5 cm (far right panel) |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie tetraptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, p. 62-63. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Kunitake, Saitōgo. Yukitsuna, Tada Kurōda. Yoshihira, Akugenta. Actors--Japanese--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,558 × 4,521 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221949 |
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