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"SONO MUKASHI HIDARI JINGORO GA MEIYO NO FURUGOTO"

Woodblock Print
4/1847
Artist/Maker
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (designer)
YAMAMOTOYA HEIKICHI (publisher)
Place of origin
Edo (published)

STANDARD PRINT

Format: TRIPTYCH 3/3
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-"TOKI NO HINA ASAKUSA HAKKEI"; KAWARAZAKI-ZA, 1847/04; HIDARI JINGORO - NAKAMURA UTAEMON IV; OYAMA NINGYO - ONOE BAIKO IV; JINGORO NO NYOBO OTSUYA - ARASHI KOROKU V.


Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
Title"SONO MUKASHI HIDARI JINGORO GA MEIYO NO FURUGOTO" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
FULL COLOUR PRINT
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

Format: TRIPTYCH 3/3
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-"TOKI NO HINA ASAKUSA HAKKEI"; KAWARAZAKI-ZA, 1847/04; HIDARI JINGORO - NAKAMURA UTAEMON IV; OYAMA NINGYO - ONOE BAIKO IV; JINGORO NO NYOBO OTSUYA - ARASHI KOROKU V.
Marks and inscriptions
  • YOSHIMURA,MURAMATSU (signature)
    Translation
    TOYOKUNI GA, SHIGEN NO OJU; TOYOKUNI GA, OJU
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    "SONO MUKASHI HIDARI JINGORO GA MEIYO NO FURUGOTO"
  • (picture title)
Object history
Acquisition method and source not identified in the Asia Department registers, accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subject depicted
THEATRE
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.6279:1-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
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