Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shingen in “A String of Prayer Beads Shaken at a Ribbon of Waterfall”
1775
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 33.4 × 15 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-196654
Once the center print of a triptych (a composition of three prints), this design shows Ichimura Uzaemon IX playing Takeda Harunobu (1521–1573), a storied general who received the name Shingen upon taking Buddhist vows. In the story, Shingen attempts to cut off his enemy’s water supply, using a spell to imprison the dragon god who controlled it. However, a young woman named Sakura-hime gets him drunk. While he is indisposed, she and her lover release the dragon, whereupon it rains. Here, Shingen, in Buddhist robes, grips his string of prayer beads between his teeth.
Provenance
Wade, 1921.1270
Registry history
- 1775 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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