Ukiyo-e "Toyohara Kunichika" - AP/1027

AP/1027 - Ukiyo-e Original woodblock print - Washi paper - depicting a Kabuki scene based on "Chugoku Ogaeshi" by Hideyoshi Hashiba (later known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi). In June 1582, Oda Nobunaga was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide at Honnoji Temple. Hideyoshi Hashiba was at Bicchu Takamatsu Castle (now Okayama Prefecture), but when he received the news, he rushed back to Kyoto. The events of this period have been incorporated into many ukiyo-e prints, reading books, and kabuki performances. The setting of this ukiyo-e is believed to be Kotokuji Temple in present-day Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi learned of the Honnoji Incident and rushed to Kyoto, he was attacked by Akechi Mitsuhide's servants, the Shio Ten Tajima no Kami, whom I came across. It is said that "Kato Kiyomasa" rushed there and defeated the four kings, Ten Tajima no kami, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi was saved from the crisis. The person riding a horse and wielding a Japanese sword is "Hashiba Hisakichi" (Hashiba Hideyoshi) played by "Ichikawa Danjuro". The author, Toyohara Kunichika, was an ukiyo-e artist active from the late Edo period to the Meiji period. He studied with Toyohara Chikanobu and Utagawa Kunisada. Measurements cm. 33 x cm. 24 - framed cm. 45 x cm. 36 Buy it in the Shop on Line