Comment - Scene of a beauty holding an Edo kite ("Edo-tako", "江戸凧") with a view of Yushima Tenmangu Shrine behind her. She smiles happily, wearing a blue and white plaid kimono edged with brown trim and layers of flora print, tied with a brown obi. A cloud-like border separates the figure from the ornate rooftops of the shrine, seen rising above the treetops. Design with bokashi shading.

The Yushima Tenjin Shrine's (todays name) roots trace back to the 5th century when it was created to worship a Japanese deity. Later in 1355, the shrine was rebuilt for a deity associated with learning, which remains the tradition here today. The shrine's todays location, nearly adjacent to Tokyo University, Japan's most prestigious, means that it gets a great many student visitors coming to pray for admission. The shrine is also well known for its blooming plum tree groves.

This woodcut is a colour variatin of the right panel of a tryptich.


Series - ~


Artist - see Biography


Signature -"Kôchôrô Kunisada ga" ("香蝶楼国貞画") with seal


Publisher - Fujioka-ya Hikotarō (藤岡屋 彦太郎), Shogendō publisher's (松原堂)


Image Size - 36.2cm X 25.1cm  (14 1/4" x 9 7/8") + margins as shown


Condition - right panel of a triptych; nishiki-e (cloured woodblock); Vertical ôban (ôban tate-e);