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Benkei by Kikuchi Yōsai. Saitō Musashibō Benkei (西塔武蔵坊弁慶, 1155–1189), popularly known by the mononym Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185). Benkei led a varied life, first becoming a monk, then a mountain ascetic, and then a rogue warrior.
Hawk, woodblock print. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese: 歌川 国芳, [ɯtaɡawa kɯɲiꜜjoɕi]; 1 January 1798 [1] – 14 April 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. [2] He was a member of the Utagawa school. [3]
Akashi Gidayu writing his death poem before committing Seppuku Akashi Gidayu was a retainer to Akechi Mitsuhide, who followed him in death, but not before writing his death poem. 84 Cloth-beating moon (Kinuta no tsuki) A scene from the Noh play Kinuta. It depicts the sadness of a wife who protects her husband's house while he is away. 85
The Benkei Moat from Soto-Sakurada to Kōjimachi (外桜田弁慶堀糀町, Soto-Sakurada Benkeibori Kōjimachi) South-west embankment and moat of Edo Castle, residence of daimyō Ii from the Hikone Domain, Kōjimachi watchtower Kōjimachi watchtower had been restored two months prior to publication after burning down in the 1855 earthquake ...
Yakusha-e (役者絵), often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints or, rarely, paintings, of kabuki actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603–1867) and into the beginnings of the 20th century.
Hasui was born in 1883. As a youth, he dreamed of an art career. His paternal uncle was Kanagaki Robun (1829–94), a Japanese author and journalist, who produced the first manga magazine.
After the war, Bela Parlagi searched for his art to no avail until his death in 1981. His son continued the search without success until he died in 2012. But on Wednesday, more than 80 years later ...
Woodblock editions - The major woodblock printings were made in 1633, 1635, 1640, 1645, 1659, 1670, 1673, 1689, 1698, 1708, and 1724. ... Yoshitsune and Benkei ...