Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Prints
Japan

Thema/Dekor :

The Life of Yoshitsune: View of Gojô Bridge (Yoshitsune ichidaiki Gojô no zu 義経一代記五条ノ橋之圖)

On a moonlit evening, two men fighting on a bridge. This represents the confrontation between the young Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 (c.1159-1189) and the warrior monk Musashibô Benkei 武蔵坊 弁慶 (1155-1189) on Gojô Bridge 五条大橋 in Kyôto.

Datum:

circa 1839, published by Fujiokaya Hikotarô

Masse:

ôban, triptych, 36,5 cm x 25,3 cm, 36,1 cm x 25, 5 cm and 36,5 cm x 25,4 cm

Herkunftsort:

Japan

Künstler:

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳 (1798-1861)

Inventar-Nr.:

CB.EJ.1935.386

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Fotograf:

Marian Gérard