Tametomo homare no jikketsu (Ten Famous Excellencies of Tametomo)

Description

Colour woodblock print from the series Tametomo homare no jikketsu (Ten Famous Excellencies of Tametomo), depicting Tametomo separating two fighting wolf cubs, who he named Nokaze and Yamao and kept as pets: Japan, Edo, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848 - 1851

Museum reference

A.1887.745.68.5.63

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797 - 1861, Artist
Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia
Aritaya Seiemon, 1899 - 1901 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1848 - 1851

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Minamoto no Tametomo