Kenjo reppuden (Abridged Stories of Virtuous Women)

Description

Colour woodblock print from the series Kenjo reppuden (Abridged Stories of Virtuous Women), depicting Tora Gozen, mistress of Soga Jurō Sukenari, with her hat being blown off by the wind: Japan, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1842

Museum reference

A.1887.745.53.4.43

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797 - 1861, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Ibaya Sensaburō, Publisher

Date

c. 1842

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Tora Gozen
Depicted: Soga Jurō Sukenari