COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1928.984.8
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Prints
Creator Name:
Katsukawa, Shunsho
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Dates/Places:
Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT:
Katsukawa Shunsho
Title:
'Musashi Plain.' Episode 12 of Ise Monogatari; no. 8 (chi) in Shunsho's series of illustrations
Title Type:
preferred
View:
full view
Creation Date:
c. 1772/73
Creation Start Date:
1772
Creation End Date:
1773
Materials and Techniques:
Woodblock print.
Classification Term:
Woodblock
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Dimensions:
Koban; 22.8 x 16.0 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1928.984.8
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Inscriptions:
SIGNATURE(trimmed): Shunsho ga
Context:
A man abducts a young woman and flees with her to Musashi Plain (Musashino). Pursued by provincial officials, he hides her in a clump of bushes and runs off. When the officials threaten to set fire to the grass to smoke them out, the girl recites this poem, and the two are discovered, arrested, and taken away: Musashino wa (Do not set fire today) kyo wa no yaki so (To Musashi Plain,) wakakusa no (For my beloved husband) tsuma mo komoreri (Is hidden here,) ware mo komoreri (And so am I.)The lovers are shown in not very deep hiding before a tangle of long grasses, wild chrysanthemums, and bush clover, while their pursuers chase across a low bank in the background, waving blazing torches. In this illustration the men are dressed in Heian costume but the woman wears a kimono with long hanging sleeves (furisode) of late eighteenth-century fashion. Despite this anachronistic note, the delicacy of the figures and the Tosa style perspective imbue the design with a nostalgic, courtly flavor.
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E19698.TIF
