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The Gang of Five Returning in the Morning Like Wild Geese
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Description
The two prints in this diptych [see EA1983.69.a] were originally part of a pentaptych depicting five heavily-tattooed thieves, the leading characters in a play based on the exploits of a gang of real-life thieves in eighteenth-century Japan. The thieves were presented as heroic commoners who stood up to the powerful samurai on behalf of the people.
The design of Kunichika’s pentaptych is modelled on a similar work created the previous year by Kunichika’s teacher, Kunisada. The figures and dress are almost identical; only the actors’ names and faces and the background are different.
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Details
- Series
- The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest
- Associated place
- Date
- 1863
- Artist/maker
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Toyohara Kunichika (1835 - 1900) (designer)Horikō Shinchō (active c. 1863) (block cutter)
- Associated people
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Izutsuya Shōkichi (active c. 1849 - 1865) (publisher)Sawamura Tosshō II (1838 - 1886) (subject)
- Material and technique
- Nishiki-e, woodblock print with ink and colour
- Dimensions
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mount 55.4 x 40.1 cm (height x width)
sheet 36.2 x 24.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Christ Church College, University of Oxford, 1983.
- Accession no.
- EA1983.69.b
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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