Fishing Fire ( 火 かゞり火)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1847-52
Maker: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)
Dimensions:
255 x 370 mm (25.5 x 37 cm)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.34
DescriptionThis print is from a series 'Mitate Go-gyo (見たて五行, Parodies on the Five Elements).' Mitate Gogyo (見立て五行) refers to the five elements of fire, water, wood, metal and earth from the Yin-Yang Five Elements (陰陽五行), each of which is represented as a landscape of one of the five types. This print is a landscape of 'fire.'
By same maker
- Jigoku Tayu (地獄太夫, the Hell Courtesan) and the Monk Ikkyu (一休和尚)
- Arashi Rikan III (三代目嵐璃寛) as Otashu a younger sister of Sansaku (三作妹おたつ) and Ichikawa Sadanji IV (四代目市川小団次) as Sansaku an older brother of Otatsu (おたつ兄三作)
- Jigoku tayu (地獄太夫, the Hell Courtesan)
- Arashi Rikan III (三代目嵐璃寛) as Otashu a younger sister of Sansaku (三作妹おたつ)
