Toyohara Chikanobu
Japanese (1838 - 1912) Primary

Ghost of Taira no Tomomori, from the series Azuma nishiki chuya kurabe (A Collection of Night Tales)

Meiji
1886

Sheet
13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (34.925 x 23.178 cm)

This object has the following keywords:

• arrows - Projectiles generally consisting of a straight, slender shaft with a sharp point or carrying a sharp edged or pointed head of stone or metal, shot from a bow. More developed versions also have flights near the butt to stabilize their trajectory.
• body armor - Pieces of armor worn on the human body.
• bows - Stringed projectile weapons designed to propel arrows, generally consisting of a long stave of wood, metal, fiberglass, or other flexible material, with a length of strong string fastened to the tips of the stave which is bent in a curve, either permanently or from the tension of the string. The string is drawn back, holding the arrow by means of a notch in its rear tip, and propels the arrow upon release.
• Brachyura - Members of a infraorder containing ten-legged crustaceans having relatively short tails that are curled under the thorax, or midsection, a broad thick exoskeleton, and a first pair of legs that is modified into pincers. The common term "crab" is sometimes part of the name of other crustaceans and insects, such as hermit crabs or lice, that resemble true crabs.
• fish - General term referring to animals from several evolutionary lines and thus not properly a taxonomic group. The term refers to aquatic animals found in the fresh and salt waters all over the world, characterized by being cold-blooded, living and breathing primarily in the water throughout their lives, possessing gill slits, a notochord or skeletal supporting rod, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, a tail, scales covering the body, and two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. Living species range from the primitive jawless lampreys and hagfishes through the jawed fishes with cartilaginous skeletons such as sharks, skates, and rays to the abundant and diverse bony fishes.
• Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912 - Sources:
  - Torioi Omatsu kaijō shinwa, 1927:
  - Shin bijin, 1898:
  - Kotobank.jp, 2012-10-03:
  - Shozō ukiyoe hanga dētabēsu, 2012-10-03:
  - Nihon bijutsukan, 1997:
  - Jinbutsu refarensu j. Bijutsu hen, 2010
  - Ukiyoe j., 1974:
  - Nihon gaka j., 1927:
  - Yōshū Chikanobu = Hashimoto Naoyoshi, 2012:
• Japanese - Nationality, periods, cultures, and styles found in Japan, either in historical times or in the present.
• Meiji - Period and style that coincides with the rule of emperor Mutsuhito, called Meiji, from 1868 to 1912. The period is characterized by a transformation from feudalism to a modern industrial state, taking western nations as a model. After the Vienna Exposition of 1873, artists were encouraged to produce traditional arts and crafts for export, such as carvings in wood and ivory and laquer. The art of the period also saw the influence of western art and architecture.
• oban - Japanese prints of a standard size about 15 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches.
• seas - The shallower salt water areas of the earth lying on the margins of continents; loosely applied as a proper name to any specific bodies of water. For the main water areas of the earth, lying in basins, use "oceans."
• Ukiyo-e - Distinctive genre in painting and other media, but most prominently in woodblock printing. It arose in the Edo period (1600-1868) and built up a broad popular market among the middle classes. Subject matter typically focused on brothel districts and kabuki theatres, with formats ranging from single sheet prints to book illustrations. Generally, the style is characterized by a mixture of the realistic narrative of the Kamakura period and the mature decorative style of the Momoyama and Edo periods. Distinctive styles and specialties in subject matter were developed by different schools throughout the period.
• warriors - Those trained for or engaged in the physical combat of warfare, especially close hand-to-hand combat, and designated for or sanctioned in that function by the society or group for which they fight, irrespective of membership in an army. Includes men of the warrior age grade in certain pre-literate societies, as for instance, among some East African pastoral societies. For members of an army, whether directly involved in combat or in other duties, use "soldiers."
• woodcuts - Prints made using the process of woodcut, which is a relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.