UKIYO-E - Original Kunisada (1786-1864) - The Monk Ikkyu and the Courtesan of Hell, 1854

Originele Kunisada (1786 - 1864) Japanse houtsnededruk De monnik Ikkyu en de helcourtisane, 1854.

Description:
Interesting kabuki scene with the monk Ikkyu and Jigoku Dayu (literally: Hell Courtesan). Ikkyu converted the beauty of a life of prostitution. Here the beauty holds a long letter that Ikkyu has draped over his head. She grins at him as he looks back at her with a matter-of-fact expression under his shaggy eyebrows. Her kimono is decorated with a scene from Hell, with a green-horned demon cooking a man in a vat over a roaring fire, and Emma-O, the Lord of the Underworld, sitting at a desk as he judges the dead. A great design.

Artist: Kunisada (1786 - 1864)
Image size: 13 3/4" x 9 1/2"
Condition: Good details. Back with paper, small repair, some folds.