Mongaku and Fudo Myoo, by Utagawa Kunisada

An image of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Mongaku and Ichikawa Danjûrô V (top) as Fudô Myôô. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Colour print from woodblocks with metallic pigments and blind embossing (karazuri). Shikishiban format surimono, vertical diptych. Signed: Ôkô Kunisada ga. Poet: Umenoya. circa 1832. The thirteenth-century chronicle Tales of the Heike (Heike monogatari) tells how the monk Mongaku recited prayers at the base of Nachi waterfall in mid-winter to atone for the unintentional murder of the woman he loved. After a week he lost consciousness until he was revived by the Buddhist deity Fudô Myôô and his child attendants Kongara and Seitaka.

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Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Mongaku and Ichikawa Danjûrô V (top) as Fudô Myôô. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Colour print from woodblocks with metallic pigments and blind embossing (karazuri). Shikishiban format surimono, vertical diptych. Signed: Ôkô Kunisada ga. Poet: Umenoya. circa 1832. The thirteenth-century chronicle Tales of the Heike (Heike monogatari) tells how the monk Mongaku recited prayers at the base of Nachi waterfall in mid-winter to atone for the unintentional murder of the woman he loved. After a week he lost consciousness until he was revived by the Buddhist deity Fudô Myôô and his child attendants Kongara and Seitaka.

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Accession Number: P.507-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 454 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 171.66kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:08:16 11:46:52

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19th Century 458392 Acala Buddhist Date Department Edo Period Fitz_PDP Fudo Myoo Japanese Medium Mongaku Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Utagawa Kunisada Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd actor atonement chronicle clothes clothing coiled rope costume deity diptych embossed fire flames karazuri literary figures male monks penitent penitential print surimono ukiyo-e waterfall woodblock woodcut

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