Motomezuka 求塚 | Digital Pitt

May 10, 1902

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Title
Motomezuka 求塚
Creator
Tsukioka, Kōgyo, 1869-1927
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
May 10, 1902
Identifier
20091209-kogyo-0435
Description
Unai-otome, who was loved by two men, could not choose between them. Thus, she drowned herself and was interred in a burial mound. The two men then killed themselves from grief. Unai-otome appears from the mound and tells of the agonies she suffers because of the pain she caused to others. Mizuta Number: 245. Signature: 耕漁 [Kōgyo]. Seal: White letter seal in a round shape with double border: 漁 [Gyo]. Category: Miscellaneous (Fourth).
Extent
243 x 363 mm.
Publisher
Tokyo: Daikokuya [Matsuki Heikichi]
Type
still image
Genre
prints (visual works)
color prints (prints)
woodcuts (prints)
color woodcuts (prints)
nishiki-e
Source
Nōgaku zue 能樂圖繪
Collection
Kōgyo: The Art of Noh
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
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