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The character Benkei at Hashimoto, between Arai and Shirasugafront

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The character Benkei at Hashimoto, between Arai and Shirasuga

  • Description

    Around 1830, the print designer Hiroshige (1797-1858) travelled the Tōkaidō Road and made sketches that were turned into a woodblock print series. This was such a huge success that it created a new demand for landscape prints and inspired other artists to illustrate the Tōkaidō. Kunisada, who specialized in designs of actors and beautiful women, used many of Hiroshige's Tōkaidō designs for the backgrounds in Tōkaidō series of his own. The actor depicted here is Ichikawa Ebizo V, in the role of Musashibo Benkei.

  • Details

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    Series
    Intermediate Stations on the Tōkaidō Road
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Asia › Japan (Hashimoto) (subject)
    Date
    1852
    Artist/maker
    Utagawa Kunisada (1823-1880) (designer)
    Associated people
    Ichikawa Ebizō V (1791 - 1859) (subject)
    Tamaya Sōsuke (active c. 1850 - c. 1868) (publisher)
    Kinugasa Fusajirō (active c. 1843 - 1853) (censor)
    Murata Heiemon (active 1843 - 1853) (censor)
    Material and technique
    woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
    Dimensions
    39.5 x 27 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Christ Church College, University of Oxford, 1983.
    Accession no.
    EA1983.51

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