A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters
Eishi, born of a samurai family, studied under Kano Eisen'in Sukenobu (1730–1790), the fifth-generation head of Kobikichō, one of four Kano academies in Edo. He was granted the artist's name of Eishi by Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu.
Yuranosuke, a kabuki hero from Kana-dehon Cho-ushingura, posed as a playboy to show that he had no intention of taking revenge for his lord, who had been forced to commit suicide.
Yuranosuke, a kabuki hero from Kana-dehon Cho-ushingura, posed as a playboy to show that he had no intention of taking revenge for his lord, who had been forced to commit suicide.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters
- Artist: Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1797
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 30 in. (36.5 x 76.2cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
- Object Number: JP952
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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