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Tales in the Round: Manjū Netsuke and Japanese Woodblock Prints

(from 30th Apr until 22nd Sep 2013)

Discover dramatic episodes from Japanese culture in these exquisitely carved objects and prints.

Detail of a manju netsuke depicting Minamoto Yoshitsune practising martial arts with a tengu demon,
Fujiwara no Yoshitakafront

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Fujiwara no Yoshitaka

  • Description

    Born in AD 954, the nobleman Fujiwara no Yoshitaka’s poetry appeared in 12 imperial poetry anthologies. He died of smallpox at the age of 20, leaving a son who became a famous calligrapher. Here he is deep in thought about a woman with whom he has fallen in love and who has changed his whole outlook on life. Before they met, he was happy to die but now he is loathe to leave her.

  • Details

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    Series
    One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Date
    published 1840 - 1842
    Artist/maker
    Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) (designer)
    Fujiwara Yoshitaka (AD 954 - 974) (author)
    Associated people
    Ebisu (active c. 1840s) (publisher)
    Fujiwara Yoshitaka (AD 954 - 974) (subject)
    Material and technique
    nishiki-e (multi-block) woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
    Dimensions
    mount 55.5 x 40.3 cm (height x width)
    sheet 39.5 x 27 cm (height x width)
    print 35.9 x 25 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 George Grigs, Miss Elizabeth Grigs, and Miss Susan Messer, in memory of Derick Grigs, 1971.
    Accession no.
    EA1971.68

Glossary

nishiki-e

  • nishiki-e

    Nishiki-e literally means 'brocade pictures' and refers to multi-coloured woodblock prints.

Past Exhibition

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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