Ukiyoe Tenugui handtowel Japanese youkai starving skeleton Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Description: 　DescriptionName of work: Soma's Old InteriorSize: 32 x 89 cmMaterial: 100% cotton Works---------------------------------------------Soma's Old PalacePrincess Takiyasha Calling up a Monstrous Skeleton Specter at the Old Palace in SomaCirca 1845-46Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Artist---------------------------------------------Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) was a popular ukiyoe artist at the end of the Edo period, who is often praised today as a "maverick" painter alongside Hokusai.At the age of 15, he was introduced to Utagawa Toyokuni, but his career was not successful for a while, but when he was over 30, his work "Tousoku Suikoden Gohajin Hyakuhachi no Ichibinin" became a big hit.He became famous as "Kuniyoshi the Samurai Painter.Since then, he has attracted attention in a variety of fields, not only for his paintings of actors, beautiful women, and monsters, but also for his caricatures of anthropomorphic animals and plants, landscapes incorporating Western expressions, and caricatures making fun of the world's condition. The otherworldly feeling of a skull floating in the darkness---------------------------------------------Soma no Kouchiura" is a mansion built by Taira no Masakado in Shimousa Province, which became desolate and abandoned during the Masakado Rebellion.The story is about Princess Takiyasha, an orphaned child of Shomon, and her younger brother Soma Taro Ryomon, who were gifted with witchcraft and used the abandoned house as a hideout to plot a rebellion in accordance with their father's will.He is confronted by Oyakutaro Mitsukuni, a vassal of Minamoto no Yorinobu, who tries to stop him. He fights with skeletons controlled by Takiyasha-hime's sorcery, but is defeated by Mitsukuni's yin-yang techniques.In the original story, multiple skeletons appear and fight, but Kuniyoshi replaces them with a single giant skeleton that surmounts the curtain, giving the work an otherworldly and awesome atmosphere. The shaded skeletons are not only powerful, but also anatomically accurate. This is said to be due to the widespread knowledge of the "Kaitai Shinsho" (New Text on Demolition) published in 1774, which was published before the 1800s, when Kuniyoshi and other ukiyoe artists were active.Payment We accept Managed Payment.Shipping Standard shipping(AIR/E-Packet): faster shipping with tracking (about 6-13 days) Terms of Sale Ships within 6~ 14 days after payment. Delays may occur due to infections. International Buyers - Please Note:Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.

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