Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Prints
Japan

Subject/design:

The Life of Yoshitsune: View of Gojô Bridge (Yoshitsune ichidaiki Gojô no zu 義経一代記五条ノ橋之圖)

On a moonlit evening, two men fighting on a bridge. This represents the confrontation between the young Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 (c.1159-1189) and the warrior monk Musashibô Benkei 武蔵坊 弁慶 (1155-1189) on Gojô Bridge 五条大橋 in Kyôto.

Date:

circa 1839, published by Fujiokaya Hikotarô

Size:

ôban, triptych, 36,5 cm x 25,3 cm, 36,1 cm x 25, 5 cm and 36,5 cm x 25,4 cm

Place of origin:

Japon

Artist:

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳 (1798-1861)

Inventory number:

CB.EJ.1935.386

Copyright:

Fondation Baur

Photographer:

Marian Gérard