No. 6: Ise no Saburo Swears Loyalty to Ushiwakamaru (Rokukai, Ise no Saburo ga kakurega ni yadorite Ushiwakamaru shuju o yakusu), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune Ichidaiki no uchi)"

Q: When was "No. 6: Ise no Saburo Swears Loyalty to Ushiwakamaru (Rokukai, Ise no Saburo ga kakurega ni yadorite Ushiwakamaru shuju o yakusu), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune Ichidaiki no uchi)"" created?

This artwork was created c. 1832/34.

Q: Is "No. 6: Ise no Saburo Swears Loyalty to Ushiwakamaru (Rokukai, Ise no Saburo ga kakurega ni yadorite Ushiwakamaru shuju o yakusu), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune Ichidaiki no uchi)"" in the public domain?

Yes, No. 6: Ise no Saburo Swears Loyalty to Ushiwakamaru (Rokukai, Ise no Saburo ga kakurega ni yadorite Ushiwakamaru shuju o yakusu), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune Ichidaiki no uchi)" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Utagawa Hiroshige

c. 1832/34

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

25.2 × 36.7 cm (9 15/16 × 14 7/16 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

47421

About the Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1826–1869

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), born Andō Tokutarō, was the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking and one of the most influential landscape artists in history. Born in Edo (modern Tokyo) into a low-ranking samurai family serving as fire wardens, Hiroshige transformed landscape printmaking into a poetic meditation on nature, weather, and everyday life. His revolutionary approac...

No. 6: Ise no Saburo Swears Loyalty to Ushiwakamaru (Rokukai, Ise no Saburo ga kakurega ni yadorite Ushiwakamaru shuju o yakusu), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune Ichidaiki no uchi)"

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