![An image of Yashio, from the series ‘One hundred roles of [Onoe] Baikō’ by Toyohara KUNICHIKA](http://media2.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection_images/1/161.1997%23%23S.jpg)
Toyohara KUNICHIKA
(Japan 1835–1900)
- Title
- Yashio, from the series ‘One hundred roles of [Onoe] Baikō’
- Other titles:
- Yashio (Sendaihagi)
- Alternative title:
- Baikô hyaku-shyu no uchi: Yashio ...
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Year
- 1893-1894
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
-
Aiban tate-e: 34.5 x 23.2cm image / sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed c.r., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyohara Kunichika hitsu [picture by Toyohara Kunichika]" [and artist's seal]. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Roderick Bain 1997
- Accession number
- 161.1997
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Produced in the mid to late 19th century, the period often referred to as the 'decadent' period of ukiyo-e; the subject matter reflect the feeling of unrest in Japan when the Shogunate Government was losing its grip on the rising powers of merchants & progressive regions. The subtlety of the pleasure seeking 'floating world' of earlier times gave way to depictions of emotional drama or violence taken from historical battles, stories of heroic deeds & the kabuki theatre.
