Medium:

Prints, Print | Color woodblock print

Size:

14 9/16 x 4 15/16 in. (37 x 12.5 cm) (image, sheet)

Creation Place:

Asia, Japan

Culture:

Asia, Japan

Style:

19th century, Edo period

Inscriptions:

Dancer Shizuka(Shizuka gozen):Shizuka is a daugter of a zen monk Iso, extraordinarily beautiful woman, a master of "otoko-mai"(men's dancing). She was loved by Yoshitsune. After Yoshitsune was expelled, she was held in Yoshino moutain and sent back to Kamakura separating from Yoshitsune. When she left Yoshino, she made a poem in tears;At Yoshino MountainThe footsteps on the new snowMakes me think the personWho had to go without meThe person I miss so much(Iso no zenshi ga musume nari. Yo_bo_ tagui naku, otko-mai no jo_zu nite sono na takashi. Yoshitsune no cho_ai ni yori Yoshino nite ?? ni mukau to no nozomi, namida nagara ni ??? no uta wo eiji ke ru:Yoshino yamaToma? no shirayuki Furi waketeIri fushi hito toAto no koishi ki) Cho_o_ro_ Kuniyoshi ga Censor:TanakaPublisher:Iba-sen

Physical Description:

nishiki-e, tanzaku-e

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.

Accession Number:

81.133.178

Artist:

Senzaburo_ Ibaya

Role:

Publisher

Nationality:

Japanese

Artist:

Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Japanese, 1797 - 1861

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Japanese

Life Dates:

Japanese, 1797 - 1861

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

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14 9/16 x 4 15/16 in. (37 x 12.5 cm) (image, sheet)