• No. 2, Tametomo and the wolf pups from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝譽十傑)
No. 2, Tametomo and the wolf pups from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝譽十傑)
No. 2, Tametomo and the wolf pups from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝譽十傑)
No. 2, Tametomo and the wolf pups from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝譽十傑)
No. 2, Tametomo and the wolf pups from the series <i>Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo</i> (<i>Tametomo homare no jikketsu</i> - 為朝譽十傑)
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (artist 11/15/1797 – 03/05/1861)

No. 2, Tametomo and the wolf pups from the series Ten Admirable Deeds of Tametomo (Tametomo homare no jikketsu - 為朝譽十傑)

Print

1848
10 in x 13.75 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color 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
Unidentified circular seal in red bottom left corner
British Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Waseda University
National Museums Scotland
Royal Museums of Art and History, Belgium (via Cultural Japan) Basil Robinson wrote in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior Prints (page 147): "Tametomo separating two fighting wolf-cubs with his bow. He had lost his way on a hunting-expedition; the cubs put him right, and he kept them as pets, naming them Nokaze and Yamao."

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This image comes from a series of prints by Kuniyoshi based on the novel, Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki, by Takizawa Bakin, published in the early years of the 19th century. The story of Tametomo and the fighting wolves seems to come out of the fertile mind of Bakin. Here "...Tametomo separating two fighting wolf cubs, who he named Nokaze and Yamao and kept as pets..."

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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 1102.
Aritaya Seiemon (有田屋清右衛門) (publisher)
warrior prints (musha-e - 武者絵) (genre)
Tametomo (為朝) (role)
Ryūkatei Tanekazu (柳下亭種員 - 1807-58) (author)