Title:
Isami Rokichiro meets Rokuyaon Gundayu, the man who murdered his parents, number 57 from Pictures to Match the Ogura Anthology
of One Hundred Poems
Creator/Contributor:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Ibaya Senzaburo
Date:
1843-1846
Identifier:
1966.24.39
Format:
Oban
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
14 3/16 x 9 inches
Notes:
From a series of 100 pictures of legendary and historical subjects suggested by verses in an anthology of poems. The artists
Hiroshige, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) and Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) contributed to the series.
References: Suzuki p. 188
Inscription: Recto, signed Hiroshige ga and emblem at center right
Subject:
legends (folk tales); combat; anger; weapons