Tsuruya Kokei “Banzai-Ukiyoe San-en / Hishikawa Moronobu” | Yamada Shoten | Tokyo, Japan

Item No.

69163

Artist

Tsuruya Kokei 弦屋光溪

Title

Banzai-Ukiyoe San-en / Hishikawa Moronobu 万歳浮世絵派三艶　第二作　菱川師宣

Technique

Woodblock Print　

Edition

ed.30　

Signature

autographed　

Dementions

40x26cm (Image size) 　

Sheets / Quantity

1　

Date

2023 　

Description

自画・刻・摺

春画を描く浮世絵師三人の新シリーズ第ニ作のモデルは、菱川師宣。

作家より
・艶本「恋のむつごと四十八手」を描く六十二歳頃の師宣です。
・妻からの床さそいに振り向く図です。
・生没年は諸説ある様で、没年は元禄7年(1694)77歳の説で制作しました。
・この艶本は延宝7年(1679)出版で、62歳頃となります。
・背景には「遊楽でなく、子孫繁栄の教え」とある跋文を写しました。
・天和3年(1683)出版の挿絵本の自画像は、童顔、丸顔、左手に長キセル、右手に扇子を持つ図で、両手使いと考え、左手に筆を持つ図を描きました。

[Note from the artist]
About Hishikawa Moronobu, from the series “Banzai-Ukiyoe San-en”
-This is Moronobu drawing the Enpon (illustrated erotic book) “Koi no mutsugoto shijuhatte” at about the age of 62.
-The artist is turning to his wife inviting him to bed.
-There are various theories about the years of the artist’s birth and death. Here I assume that he died at age 77 in Genroku 7 (1964).
-The Enpon was published in Enpo 7 (1679), when Moronobu was about 62 years old.
-The writing on the background is an excerpt from the afterword including “not for pleasure, but for prosperity of descendants.”
-I referred to his baby-faced self-portrait in a book published in Tenna 3 (1683). Moronobu has a pipe in his left hand and a fan in his right hand there. I had him hold a brush in his left hand here, assuming that he was ambidextrous.
　

Condition

The works are in good condition.
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48,000 JPY