MeMoMu_PSW_049 ARIWARA NO NARIHARA / ENDEL LEPP AND LADY NIJO / KUMARI VAIM ELOPING _ UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI 1852 / MANUEL MEHAU 2026
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This striking colour woodblock print shows the lovers Ariwara no Narihara and Lady Nijō eloping by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
The couple flee across the Musashi Plain, famous for its moonrise, and here a giant moon is shown rising behind the moor against a soft blue sky. They glance back at their torch-wielding pursuers, likely Lady Nijō's brothers. The print is inspired by a famous episode from the 10th-century poetic anthology the 'Tales of Ise'.
Utagawa Kuniyoshi was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock printing. He is probably best known for his prints of warriors and battles of legendary heroes, but also created designs of ghosts, cats, beautiful women, actor prints and landscapes.
Suhara: Ariwara no Narihara Eloping with Lady Nijō, 1852, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861). Colour woodblock print, 35.7 x 23.7 cm. Japan. EA1971.87
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