Description
Fujiwara no Yasumasa’s windblown robes contrast sharply with the strong, fixed pose of the robber Hakamadare Yasusuke in this woodblock print. According to legend, Yasumasa, a renowned poet and flutist who lived during the Heian period (740–1185), so charmed the would-be thief with his music and confident bearing that the outlaw meekly followed him home.
Accession Number
102619
Medium
Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Dimensions
73 × 37 cm (28 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.); Mat: 57.2 × 95.3 cm (22 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Credit Line
Frederick W. Gookin Collection
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