Nakamura Utaemon (中村歌右衛門) as Kajiwara Kagetoki (梶原景時)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1838
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Dimensions:
352 x 750 mm (35.2 x 75 cm)
Image: 750 x 352 mm (75 x 35.2 cm)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.5.3
DescriptionA scene from a play titled 'Sanmon Hitome Senbon (楼門詠千本).'
This print depicts the legendary military commander figure of Kajiwara Kagetoki(梶原景時) from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura era. Kajiwara Kagetoki (梶原景時) was a powerful immediate vassal of the Kamakura shogunate. He was also known for his culture and love of waka (和歌, a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables). He wielded power in the Kamakura shogunate as Yoritomo's favourite vassal but was exiled and exterminated along with his family after Yoritomo's death.
This print depicts the legendary military commander figure of Kajiwara Kagetoki(梶原景時) from the late Heian period to the early Kamakura era. Kajiwara Kagetoki (梶原景時) was a powerful immediate vassal of the Kamakura shogunate. He was also known for his culture and love of waka (和歌, a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables). He wielded power in the Kamakura shogunate as Yoritomo's favourite vassal but was exiled and exterminated along with his family after Yoritomo's death.
