"KANADEHON SUZURI NO TAKASHIMA", from the series "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI"

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Artist/Maker	UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (designer) MINATOYA KOHEI (publisher)
Place of origin	Edo (published)

STANDARD PRINT

Format: SINGLE SHEET
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-"KANADEHON SUZURI NO TAKASHIMA"; ICHIMURA-ZA, 1858/05; SOBEI MUSUME OHANA - ONOE KIKUGORO IV; SHIGENOYA HANNOJO - KAWARAZAKI GONJURO I; YOSOBA URI SOBEI - ICHIKAWA KODANJI IV. AUTHOR - KAWATAKE MOKUAMI.

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Object type	Woodblock print
Title	"KANADEHON SUZURI NO TAKASHIMA", from the series "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	FULL COLOUR PRINT
Physical description	STANDARD PRINT Format: SINGLE SHEET Sheet size: OBAN Direction: V Artist's seal present: N Subject content: PLAY-"KANADEHON SUZURI NO TAKASHIMA"; ICHIMURA-ZA, 1858/05; SOBEI MUSUME OHANA - ONOE KIKUGORO IV; SHIGENOYA HANNOJO - KAWARAZAKI GONJURO I; YOSOBA URI SOBEI - ICHIKAWA KODANJI IV. AUTHOR - KAWATAKE MOKUAMI.
Marks and inscriptions	ARATAME,HORSE/05 (series title) Translation "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI" (signature) Translation TOYOKUNI GA (censor's seal) Translation "KANADEHON SUZURI NO TAKASHIMA" (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.7197-1886

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Record created	March 5, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O32847/kanadehon-suzuri-no-takashima-from-woodblock-print-utagawa-kunisada-i/

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