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"KODAI KANJINCHO"

Woodblock Print
3/1849
Artist/Maker
EBISUYA SHOSHICHI (publisher)
Utagawa Kunisada I (artist)
Place of origin
Edo (published)
Japan (made)

STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"KANJINCHO"; KAWARAZAKI-ZA, 1849/03; MINAMOTO YOSHITSUNE - BANDO TAKESABURO; MUSASHIBO BENKEI - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII; TOGASHI SAEMON - ICHIKAWA KODANJI IV. ("MATSUBAME MONO").

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Woodblock print
Title"KODAI KANJINCHO" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print triptych "KODAI KANJINCHO" by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1849
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"KANJINCHO"; KAWARAZAKI-ZA, 1849/03; MINAMOTO YOSHITSUNE - BANDO TAKESABURO; MUSASHIBO BENKEI - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII; TOGASHI SAEMON - ICHIKAWA KODANJI IV. ("MATSUBAME MONO").
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 24.8cm (Note: Dimensions apply individually to each sheet. )
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • YOSHIMURA,KINUGASA (signature)
    Translation
    KOCHORO TOYOKUNI GA; ICHIYOSAI TOYOKUNI GA
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    "KODAI KANJINCHO"
  • (picture title)
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., 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.6052-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O32443/kodai-kanjincho-woodblock-print-ebisuya-shoshichi/
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