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ContributorsUtagawa Sadahide (Artist) / 歌川 貞秀 (Artist) / Yokokawa Hori Iwa (Contributor) / 横川 彫 岩 (Contributor) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1861
Description
Depicted are two French visitors to Japan surveying the view from Edo's Atago Hill.
ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1851
Description
This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.
ContributorsUtagawa Yoshikazu (Artist) / 歌川 芳員 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1858
Description
This ōban triptych depicts Minamoto Yoshitsune 源 義經 (center left) and his retainers after their victory over the troops of Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the battle of Hōjūjidono in 1184. The warrior monk Musashibō Benkei 武藏坊 辨慶 sits to the right of Yoshitsune. In the lower-right corner lie the decapitated heads of Nenoi Ōyata 根井 大弥太 and Gonrokurō 権六郎.
ContributorsKawase Hasui (Artist) / 川瀬 巴水 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1940
DescriptionThis print depicts the courtyard of Cheoneunsa Temple, which is one of the three large temples that make up the Mt. Jiri temple complex in southern South Korea.
ContributorsUtagawa Sadatora (Artist) / 歌川 貞虎 (Artist) / Morya Jihei (Publisher) / 森屋 治兵衛 (Publisher)
Created1818 to 1842
DescriptionDepicted is a beautiful woman holding a tobacco pipe and a basket of tea leaves. Above her is a fan-shaped inset that shows ships entering the harbor at Shima in present-day Mie Prefecture.