Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
71.1.18
Mitake (station name): Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
1852 (Date created)
Ink
Color Woodcut;Woodcut
Prints
9.375 in W x 13.813 in H(Object)
Japanese
No. 50 in the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Road (Kisokaidô rokujûkyû tsugi no uchi) [Kagekiyo stands on the shoulder of the Great Buddha of Todaiji]
This print depicts a warrior, Taira no Kagekiyo, from the twelfth century.
This print depicts a warrior, Taira no Kagekiyo, from the twelfth century.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi was the son of Yanagiya Kichiyemon, a silk dyer. After being trained in the family craft, he decided to study with woodblaock artists and was trained in the Utawaga style of theatrical portraiture.
Kuniyoshi is well-known for his depictions of the sixty-nine stations on the Kisokaidô, one of the two main roads between Kypto and Edo. This particular print shows a samurai perched on the right shoulder of a Bodhisattva, a person who strives to become a Buddha in the Buddhist religion. In the visual arts, they are usually depicted in the royal regalia of jewels and crowns. The samurai, a warrior considered to be the "Japanese gentleman", is looking back over his shoulder at a stupa, or pagoda. (from 2009 UAG exhibition)
Kuniyoshi is well-known for his depictions of the sixty-nine stations on the Kisokaidô, one of the two main roads between Kypto and Edo. This particular print shows a samurai perched on the right shoulder of a Bodhisattva, a person who strives to become a Buddha in the Buddhist religion. In the visual arts, they are usually depicted in the royal regalia of jewels and crowns. The samurai, a warrior considered to be the "Japanese gentleman", is looking back over his shoulder at a stupa, or pagoda. (from 2009 UAG exhibition)
In Collection
Sarah E. Thompson, Utagawa Kuniyoshi: The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido.
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