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Source Description
Danshichi Kurobei, the fishmonger hero of the play "Natsu matsuri" ("The Summer Festival"), puts a handgrip on Otori Sagaemon to keep him from bothering a courtesan. Danshichi had promised to look after the courtesan Kotoura's welfare, just as Genji looked after the welfare of his friend's daughter Tamakazura.
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Document identity
localId
10594
label
Genjigumo ukiyo-e awase
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
10594
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Genjigumo ukiyo-e awase
description
Danshichi Kurobei, the fishmonger hero of the play "Natsu matsuri" ("The Summer Festival"), puts a handgrip on Otori Sagaemon to keep him from bothering a courtesan. Danshichi had promised to look after the courtesan Kotoura's welfare, just as Genji looked after the welfare of his friend's daughter Tamakazura.
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
1845-46 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
35
height
23
dimensionsRaw
13 3/4 x 9 1/16 in. (35 x 23 cm)
style
Utagawa School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
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7131
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med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14934
5546
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
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photo
mediaId
6781cbba0563fc60
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
b9c8e394b8950591
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no
hasDescription
no