Kameyama

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Title	Kameyama
Artist	Utagawa Hiroshige ; Ibaya Kyu_be_
Date	1844-1848
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Prints, Print | Color woodblock print

Size:

14 x 9 1/8 in. (35.6 x 23.1 cm) (image)14 x 9 1/8 in. (35.6 x 23.1 cm) (sheet)

Creation Place:

Asia, Japan

Culture:

Asia, Japan

Style:

19th century, Edo period

Inscriptions:

Upper (on fan):Two sons of Gennojo_ successfuly revenged their father in a foggy morning. The story had been told after long in Kameyama.Lower:Ishi(Gennojo_) had the mistress called Omastu in Akashi. She was raising two children of him, making a small money from sewing job. In despite of her poverty, she had been faithful to her husband, always caring for him. When she was taking a nap on an evening, she dreamed that her husband was coming home. As soon as she happily welcomed him in house, the dream had suddenly gone. She awakened with the realization that she had an opposite dream(sakayume) and her husband had been killed. Then she decided to be a nan, left her children with her father in law, and cut her hair. Publisher:Ibaya Kyu_be_

Physical Description:

nishiki-e

Credit:

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

Accession Number:

P.75.51.586

Artist:

Hiroshige Utagawa, Japanese, 1797 - 1858

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Japanese

Life Dates:

Japanese, 1797 - 1858

Artist:

Kyu_be_ Ibaya

Role:

Publisher

Nationality:

Japanese

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Kameyama

Utagawa Hiroshige ; Ibaya Kyu_be_

1844-1848