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| Artist: | Yoshitora Utagawa (a.c.1850-1880) — 歌川芳虎 |
| Title: | THE FEMALE BANDIT OMATSU AT KASAMATSU PASS |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1850 (circa) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Triptych
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| Format (this edition): | Triptych |
| DB artwork code: | 28734 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Description from Miwa Japanese Art:
Description
Fascinating triptych of woodblock prints made around 1850 by the artist Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川芳虎), produced by the publisher Yamadaya Shojiro (山田屋庄次郎), owner of Kinkyodo (錦橋堂), and entitled “The Legend of Omatsu at Kasamatsu Pass” (笠松峠於松が傳). The outlaw Omatsu (於松), often referred to by the epithet “the evil Omatsu” or “the female demon-robber”, is a character from the Kabuki theater loosely based on an historical figure.
She is at the centre of a number of thrilling, but quite contradictory, stories. On this specific occasion we see her depicted, on the left, as she is about to fall victim, together with the band of bandits led by her, of the revenge of the samurai Natsume Sentaro (夏目仙太郎), depicted in the center, in the same mountain pass where the woman had met Sentaro’s father, who had been murdered by her. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title kabuki
Artist Yoshitora Utagawa active ca. 1840-1880
Period Edo
Censor Fuku and Muramatsu
Signature ichimosai Yoshitora ga
Date 1849-53
Description kabuki scene
Format Oban tate-e
Width 10.0 inches = 25.5 cm
Height 15.0 inches = 38.2 cm
Impression good
Colors good
Condition good ... one panel from a triptych (?), a vertical center fold, two worm tracks on the upper left and lower middle, two thin spots, somewhat worn, paper residue on the back
Rating 3 = good |
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