Imayo Teruuji furudera no kozu (Up-to-date Teruuji in an Old Picture at an Old Temple)

Description

Sheet from a colour woodblock triptych print entitled Imayo Teru-uji furudera no kozu (Up-to-date Teruuji in an Old Picture at an Old Temple), depicting a scene in a ruined temple by moonlight with torn and peeling fusuma, with Teru-uji offering a towel to his lover Tasogare, and behind the screens the latter's mother, Shinonome, in No costume holding a Hannya mask by its cord in her teeth: Japan, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1849 - 1850

Museum reference

A.1887.745.59.1.9

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797 - 1861, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Sawaya Kōkichi, 1845 - 1852 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1849 - 1850

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Teru-uji
Depicted: Tasogare
Depicted: Shinonome