The Beginning: Tokiwa Gozen Wanders with Her Three Children (Hattan, Sanshi o tomonatte Tokiwa Gozen hyōrō su 発端 三子を伴て常盤御前漂ろうす), from the series “The Life of Yoshitsune” (Yoshitsune ichidai zue 義経一代図絵)
The Beginning: Tokiwa Gozen Wanders with Her Three Children (Hattan, Sanshi o tomonatte Tokiwa Gozen hyōrō su 発端 三子を伴て常盤御前漂ろうす), from the series “The Life of Yoshitsune” (Yoshitsune ichidai zue 義経一代図絵)

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The Beginning: Tokiwa Gozen Wanders with Her Three Children (Hattan, Sanshi o tomonatte Tokiwa Gozen hyōrō su 発端 三子を伴て常盤御前漂ろうす), from the series “The Life of Yoshitsune” (Yoshitsune ichidai zue 義経一代図絵),

ca. 1832–34 [Tenpō 3–5]

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, 1797–1858; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
x1983-45

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Title
The Beginning: Tokiwa Gozen Wanders with Her Three Children (Hattan, Sanshi o tomonatte Tokiwa Gozen hyōrō su 発端 三子を伴て常盤御前漂ろうす), from the series “The Life of Yoshitsune” (Yoshitsune ichidai zue 義経一代図絵)
Dates

ca. 1832–34 [Tenpō 3–5]

Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 23 x 35.5 cm. (9 1/16 x 14 in.) sheet: 26 x 36.7 cm. (10 1/4 x 14 7/16 in.) mat: 36.4 x 49 cm. (14 5/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka
Object Number
x1983-45
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed lower right
Inscription
Title in cartouche upper left: Yoshitsune Ichidai Zue
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seals lower right: kawame
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints
Materials
ink, paper, oban, color
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
children (people by age group), wars, mothers, night, winter, snow, darkness, women, figures (representations)

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