JAPANESE PRINTS
A MILLION QUESTIONS
TWO MILLION MYSTERIES
Ukiyo-e Prints浮世絵版画 |
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UTAGAWA KUNISADA 歌川国貞 1786-1865 |
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Left Panel: Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Daruma |
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Right Panel: Iwai Kumesaburō II as Fugen bosatsu 岩井粂三郎 |
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Publisher: Matsumura Tatsuemon 松村辰衛門 |
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Date: Ca. 1825 The Victoria and Albert Museum dates this work to 1830-32. |
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Signature: Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画 |
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Two panels of a triptych. The full triptych is illustrated at the Waseda U. web site. However, our panels are in far better condition.
There is also a copy of the right
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$540.00 NO LONGER AVAILABLE! |
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Question: The kanji characters along the vertical column read: 教外別傳 or kyōgebetsuden. As we understand it this is the Zen principle of enlightenment through intuition rather than through the study of Buddhist scriptures. But... why are they on the post? |
