Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) after - 9th... - Lot 89 - Osenat

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Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) after - 9th... - Lot 89 - Osenat
Hiroshige Utagawa (1797-1858) after - 9th station : Oiso , Japan - Print from the series of 53 Tokaido relays, called "Kyoka Tokaido" - Publisher : Sanoki Edition & Bijyutsushya , supervised by Tokyo National Museum - Size of the print : 23.5 x 32.5cm + frame , period : 1960's - Translation of the kyoka poem : He loved a courtesan but his golden heart betrayed his profession His name - Tyger stays with the stone! Signed: Fuyu-tei Mitsunari The poem tells a local legend, the story of a young courtesan Tyger, who became a nun at the age of 19, after the death of her lover. In Oiso, there is a stone related to this story in the Enchoji temple, called Tyger stone. ----------------------------------------------- After the immense success of the first series of prints of the 53 Tokaido stations, Hiroshige decided to make nearly thirty different versions of this series. This print, with a kyoka poem, is part of the series called: "Kyoka Tokaido". Kyoka is a comic style of Japanese poetry, very popular in the 19th century. Called "crazy poetry", it allows freer structures in feet, rhymes and double meaning language level. Also, this style allows words of Chinese origin, vulgar words and zany signatures. Often, the titles of the kyoka, and the names used, parodied the great classical works.
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