Chikanobu / Akechi Samanosuke Mitsutoshi

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作品
年代 : 明治30年
サイズ : 大判
刷 : 良
保存 : 良
詳細 : 台紙跡

ディレクターコメント
明智光秀の重臣であった明智秀満（明智左馬之介）は、本能寺の変の後、光秀の死を安土城で知る。救援の為すぐに坂本城を目指すが、その道中堀秀政と遭遇し大胆にも打出浜から馬に騎乗したまま琵琶湖に乗り入れた。誰もが沈むと見ていたが秀満はそのまま城にたどり着く。だがその先では敵が待ち構えており、秀満は自ら城に火を放ち、自害するのであった。
周延は国芳に絵を学んで芳鶴二代を名乗るが、国芳の死後は豊国三代につき、さらに豊国三代が亡くなると国周に転じて周延と号した。
明治に入ると当初は武者絵や西南戦争の絵を描いて評判を取る。その後は江戸っ子が知らない、江戸城大奥の風俗画や明治開化期の婦人風俗画などを描き、江戸浮世絵の再来と大変な人気を博した。これにより、周延は明治期で一番人気の美人画絵師となっている。

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Information
Date : 1897
Size : O-ban
Impression : Good
Condition : Good
Detail : Paper remnants on reverse

When Akechi Mitsuhide was killed just after the Honnō-Ji Incident, Akechi Hidemitsu who was the senior vassal of Mitsuhide heard the news at Azuchi castle. He immediately left there to Sakamoto castle, however, he encountered the enemy on the way. In an extremely dangerous situation, he finally jumped into the Lake Biwa with his horse. Everyone watching it thought he will drown, however, he finally reached the castle. But the castle was already surrounded by the enemy, and he set fire to the castle and killed himself.
Chikanobu used to use the name YoshitsuruⅡ, however, he became a pupil of ToyokuniⅡafter Kuniyoshi died, and after ToyokuniⅢ died, he became a pupil of Kunichika. Then, finally, his name became Chikanobu.
He was famous for the motif of beauties, however, one of the seeds that grow into a flowering of his art-life was the warrior prints and war prints of the Seinan War. After that, he started creating the artworks of Ooku, the shogun's harem, and the lady portrait in the civilization of the Meiji era. It raised his reputation. People had called his artworks "The second Edo Ukiyo-e", and he was one of the most popular artists whose motif is beauties.