寂光院

Title

寂光院

Alternative Title

Jakkōin / Jakkōin Temple

Creator

Date

明治34年10月 / Oct. Meiji 34 [1901]

Description

平清盛の娘で安徳天皇の母であり壇ノ浦の戦いで平家が敗れた後には出家して京都大原の尼寺寂光院で暮らした建礼門院の生涯を描く栄枯盛衰をテーマとする物語。口絵は右下に栄華を極めたころ、左上には尼となり寂光院で暮らす建礼門院の対照的な姿を描く。 /
Description of the associated story (see Is Part Of): A story on the theme of rise and fall, depicting the life of Kenreimon-in, the daughter of Taira no Kiyomori and the mother of Emperor Antoku, who became a nun living quietly at Jakkō-in in Ōhara, Kyōto, after the Taira clan's defeat at the Battle of Dan'noura.
Description of the kuchi-e: A contrasting image of Kenreimon-in at the height of her glory in the bottom right, and as a nun living at Jakkō-in in the top left.

Spatial Coverage (Location)

Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)

1 print : colour woodblock printing

Is Part Of

三宅青軒 / Miyake, Seiken, 1864-1914. 寂光院 / "Jakkōin." 文芸俱楽部 / Bungei kurabu 7, no. 13 (1901).

Source

Rights

NO COPYRIGHT