In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Once the center print of a triptych (a composition of three prints), this design shows Ichimura Uzaemon IX playing Takeda Harunobu (1521–1573), a storied general who received the name Shingen upon taking Buddhist vows. In the story, Shingen attempts to cut off his enemy’s water supply, using a spell to imprison the dragon god who controlled it. However, a young woman named Sakura-hime gets him drunk. While he is indisposed, she and her lover release the dragon, whereupon it rains. Here, Shingen, in Buddhist robes, grips his string of prayer beads between his teeth.
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Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, d. 1831?) — Geisha Standing B
Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743–1812) — Ichikawa Yaozo II a
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
Katsushika Hokusai — 葛飾北斎筆 鶏と木材鶏図|Album of Sketches by Katsu
Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730–after 1788) — Su Dongpo
Konoe Nobutada (Japanese, 1565–1614) — Tenjin Traveling to C
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章
南宋 佚名 阿彌陀佛圖 軸|Buddha Amitabha Descending from His Pure Land
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英
Kitagawa Utamaro
Kita Genki
