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Print of a red-and-blue rocky landscape with a raging river, along which are scattered armored bodies. A haloed woman stands and stares at them, a dragon coiled at her feet.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Nitta Tadatsune and the Goddess of Mount Fuji (仁田四郎忠常 富士権現に遇ふ図 Kennin sannen Minamoto no Yoriie-kyō Fuji no mikari)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Nitta Tadatsune and the Goddess of Mount Fuji (仁田四郎忠常 富士権現に遇ふ図 Kennin sannen Minamoto no Yoriie-kyō Fuji no mikari)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1844

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 37.6 x 76.4 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: IchiyusaiKuniyoshi ga

Seals: Artist's seal | paulownia; censor's seal | YoshimuraGentaro

Marks: Inscription verso (reverse of Part A), bottom rightin pencil: ICB93

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Issac C. Bates

Object Number

13.2332

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Defying Boundaries
Women in Japanese Art
Apr 27, 2024 – Nov 04, 2024

Label copy

Standing in a grotto, her white dragon coiling around her, Konohanasakuyahime (木花咲耶姫), the goddess of Mount Fuji, praises the warrior Nitta Tadatsune for his courage. Utagawa Kuniyoshi skillfully stages this ethereal encounter in this dynamic triptych. Mount Fuji, an active volcano, is the tallest and most sacred mountain in Japan. Shrines honoring the goddess are found all around the mountain.

Heroes and Warriors
Japanese Prints of Historical Narratives and Legendary Tales
Sep 28, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008

Label copy

Nitta Tadatsune was sent by the emperor to eliminate the monsters hiding in Mount Fuji. Here he has bravely advanced into a cave in its slope, where he encounters the goddess of the mountain and her dragon. The goddess praises his courage for entering her domain.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Dec 10, 1997 – Mar 08, 1998
Women in Japanese Prints
Mar 05, 1993 – May 09, 1993
The Triptych Format in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Dec 06, 1991 – Jan 26, 1992

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Tombstone

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsujiya Yasubei 辻屋安兵衛 (1842-1863
Active in Edo), publisher
Nitta Tadatsune and the Goddess of Mount Fuji (仁田四郎忠常 富士権現に遇ふ図 Kennin sannen Minamoto no Yoriie-kyō Fuji no mikari), ca. 1844
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Vertical ōban triptych: 37.6 x 76.4 cm (14 13/16 x 30 1/16 inches)
Bequest of Issac C. Bates 13.2332

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