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Utagawa Kuniyoshi,
Japanese,
(1797–1861)
Biographies of Wise Women and Virtuous Wives: Hyakuman, c. 1842
Ink on Paper
14 3/16 in. x 9 1/2 in. (360.36 mm x 241.3 mm)
Biographies of Wise Women and Virtuous Wives: Hyakuman, c. 1842
Ink on Paper
14 3/16 in. x 9 1/2 in. (360.36 mm x 241.3 mm)
Object Type:
Print
Technique:
Wood-block Printing
Period:
Edo (Japan, 1615-1868)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Frederick S. Bailey
Accession Number:
54.1.16
Alternate Title:
Kenjo reppuden: Hyakuman
Marks
Japanese text in the upper right corner of the image. Label on verso, upper right: Bai IV 79. Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga.
Medium
Colored ink on paper; woodblock print.
Object Description
Hyakuman of Nara has gone crazy searching for her lost son. When she dances wildly at an Amida Buddha nenbutsu invocation ceremony, a priest realizes she is the mother of a young boy he found, and the two are reunited.
Publisher
Iba-ya Sensaburo.
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