Dish with Buddha Hand Citron Motif

Dish with Buddha Hand Citron Motif

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Kangxi period (1662-1722)

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A woman holding a bucket approaching a well
Nestled into mountains by the water are a complex of buildings devoted to silk production Mulberry leaves are being harvested and dried Cocoons are stored as they age and other activities are portrayed inside and outside the buildings
Sakanoshita Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō VI as Jirozō from the series Fifty Three Stations of Tōkaidō Utagawa Toyokuni ink and color on paper
Ichikawa Ebizô V here plays the male role dressed in the grey robes of a Buddhist priest with a long green head covering It is common for memorial portraits to have some Buddhist content as a blessing for their afterlife Arashi Koroku V plays a female role offering up a large yellow tree peony in a blue and white vasethis may be a reference to a wish that Ichikawa Ebizô V attains life in the Buddhist pure land of Amitabha in addition to a reference of a play they performed together Fans purchased portraits of their favorite actors in a wide variety of roles as well as their memorial portraits Numerous memorial portraits of Ichikawa Ebizô V survive as well as more than one portrait brushed by this artist Utagawa Kunisada The financial gains of both publishers and artists by selling such fan portraits greatly assisted the fluorescence of Japanese prints of many styles and topics