////Utagawa Hiroshige. The secret meeting between Ushiwakamaru and the daughter of Kiichi Hōgen, from the series Scenes from the life of Ushiwaka / Fan print, 1849-52.

Utagawa Hiroshige. The secret meeting between Ushiwakamaru and the daughter of Kiichi Hōgen, from the series Scenes from the life of Ushiwaka / Fan print, 1849-52.

Title: The Secret Meeting between Ushiwakamaru and the Daughter of Kiichi Hōgen (Kiichi Hōgen ga hisho o miro) [鬼一法眼が秘書をみる]

Series: Scenes from the life of Ushiwaka (Ushiwaka zue) [牛若図会]

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige [歌川 広重] a.k.a. Andō Hiroshige [安藤 広重] (Japanese, 1797 – 1858)

Signature: Hiroshige ga [廣重画]

Dimensions: Aiban yoko-e uchiwa-e, 226 x 303 mm.

Censor seal: Hama & Magome [濱 / 馬込]:  1/1849 – 2/1852 (Kaei 2-5)

Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, fl. C. 1845 – 1847), seal: San [三] (Marks 11-001 | 127c).

According to Rupert Faulkner (2001), another copy of this fan print is housed at Ōta Memorial Museum (ŌMM 1998, № 258). There are four other known prints from this series: (1) The Meeting at Yahagi: The Beginnings of the Jorurijunidan Story (Yahagi no Shuku Jorurijunidan no Hajime); (2) Ushiwakamaru practising swordsmanship at Sojogatani (ŌMM 1998, no.256); (3) Ushiwakamaru’s encounter with Benkei on Gojo Bridge (Matsuki 1924, no.93); and (4) Ise no Saburo swearing an oath of loyalty to Ushiwakamaru (Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History).

Kiichi Hōgen [鬼一法眼] is a legendary monk and warrior who trained Ushiwakamaru (young Minamoto no Yoshitsune) in swordsmanship, tactics, and magic.

 

Rupert Faulkner (2001)

Another print (Ushiwakamaru’s encounter with Benkei on Gojo Bridge) from this series is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago under the title Killing One Thousand People at Gojo Bridge (Gojo no hashi sennin kiri).

AIC Reference Number 1925.3802

Reference:

(1) Rupert Faulkner. Hiroshige Fan Prints / Victoria and Albert Museum, Far Eastern Series. — London: V&A Publications; NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.

(2) Christophe Marquet. Hiroshige: Les éventails d’Edo / Estampes de la collection Georges Leskowicz. — Paris: In fine, 2022.

[Thanks to Horst Graebner].

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