• Tametomo's wife Shiranui (為朝の妻白縫姫) from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝誉十傑)
Tametomo's wife Shiranui (為朝の妻白縫姫) from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝誉十傑)
Tametomo's wife Shiranui (為朝の妻白縫姫) from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝誉十傑)
Tametomo's wife Shiranui (為朝の妻白縫姫) from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝誉十傑)
Tametomo's wife Shiranui (為朝の妻白縫姫) from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝誉十傑)
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (artist 11/15/1797 – 03/05/1861)

Tametomo's wife Shiranui (為朝の妻白縫姫) from the series Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo (Tametomo homare no jikketsu - 為朝誉十傑)

Print

ca 1850
9.5 in x 14.25 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Artist's seal: kiri (in red)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Marks 014 - seal 17-011)
Censor's seals: Hama and Kinugasa
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
British Museum
Waseda University
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - another Kuniyoshi showing Shiranui in battle
The National Gallery, Prague Shiranui was said to be the daughter of Taira no Tadakuni (平忠国) and in some accounts she marries Tametomo.

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The text is by Ryūkatei Tanekazu (柳下亭種員).

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There are three prints from this series in the Lyon Collection. The other ones are #s 180 and 399.
Aritaya Seiemon (有田屋清右衛門) (publisher)
Tametomo (為朝) (role)
Princess Shiranui, Tametomo's wife (role)
Ryūkatei Tanekazu (柳下亭種員) (author)