Item Info
Item No: facjp00105
Title: Demons Trying to Bend Tametomo's bow
Media Type:
Woodcuts
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Note with fascimile in Flat file #4
Katsukawa Shunsen, 1762-1830
Demons Trying to Bend Tametomo's Bow
The famous archer Minamoto no Tametomo (1139-1170) with two descendants of demons on Onigashima island. His bow was 8 1/2 feet long, and took three men of ordinary strength to bend.
Katsukawa Shunsen was known for book illustrations and woodblock prints of beautiful women, landscapes and genre scenes. After becoming a student of Katsukawa Shun'ei in 1806, he changed his name from Kojimachi Shunsen to Katsukawa Shunsen. After succeeding Kastukawa Shuno I in 1820, he became Katsukawa Shuno II. In the mid-1820's, he stopped producing prints and turned to painting ceramics.
Image Dimensions Width: 36 cm
Creator Name: Shunsen, Katsukawa, 1762-c.1830 - Artist
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