KUNISADA I & HIROSHIGE II: The samurai, Mitsu-uji, in the Maruyama Pleasure District of Nagasaki

Description

Artist: KUNISADA I & HIROSHIGE II

Title:The samurai, Mitsu-uji, in the Maruyama Pleasure District of Nagasaki looking at ships in the harbor.

Publisher:Enshu-ya Matabei

Date:1861

Medium:woodblock print

Size/Format:oban triptych (c. 14 1/8" x 9 7/8", each sheet)

Description:Mitsu-uji is a samurai protagonist of "A Fraudulent Murasaki's Rustic Genji". - It was the writer, Ryûtei Tanehiko (1783-1842), who completely rewrote 'The Tale of Genji' as gôkan (popular literature published in bound volumes) in thirty-eight chapters. The protagonist, Mitsu-uji, modeled on the courtier Genji, the "Shining Price", is a son of the shogun who poses as a philanderer in the licenses pleasure quarters.

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KUNISADA I & HIROSHIGE II: The samurai, Mitsu-uji, in the Maruyama Pleasure District of Nagasaki

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