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" ? NO TSUKI", from the series "MITATE TSUKI ZUKUSHI"

Woodblock Print
6/1857
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"ASAGAO MONOGATARI", (REF."EIRI SHOSETSU ASAGAO MONOGATARI", "SHOUTSUSHI ASAGAO NIKKI"), SCENE-"UJIGAWA HOTARU GARI NO BA"; ICHIMURA-ZA, 1855/06; AKIZUKI MUSUME MIYUKI - ONOE KIKUJIRO II. AUTHOR - NISHIZAWA IPPO.


Object details

Object type
Title" ? NO TSUKI", from the series "MITATE TSUKI 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-"ASAGAO MONOGATARI", (REF."EIRI SHOSETSU ASAGAO MONOGATARI", "SHOUTSUSHI ASAGAO NIKKI"), SCENE-"UJIGAWA HOTARU GARI NO BA"; ICHIMURA-ZA, 1855/06; AKIZUKI MUSUME MIYUKI - ONOE KIKUJIRO II. AUTHOR - NISHIZAWA IPPO.
Marks and inscriptions
  • ARATAME,SNAKE/06 (series title)
    Translation
    "MITATE TSUKI ZUKUSHI"
  • (signature)
    Translation
    TOYOKUNI GA
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    " ? NO TSUKI"
  • (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
Collection
Accession number
E.7201-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
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