Utagawa Kuniyoshi

木版画
日本

Sujet/décor :

The Life of Yoshitsune: View of Gojô Bridge (Yoshitsune ichidaiki Gojô no zu 義経一代記五条ノ橋之圖)

On a moonlit evening, two men fighting on a bridge. This represents the confrontation between the young Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 (c.1159-1189) and the warrior monk Musashibô Benkei 武蔵坊 弁慶 (1155-1189) on Gojô Bridge 五条大橋 in Kyôto.

Date:

circa 1839, published by Fujiokaya Hikotarô

Dimensions:

ôban, triptych, 36,5 cm x 25,3 cm, 36,1 cm x 25, 5 cm and 36,5 cm x 25,4 cm

Lieu d'origine:

Japan

Artiste:

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳 (1798-1861)

No d’inventaire:

CB.EJ.1935.386

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographe:

Marian Gérard