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Woodblock Print

1/1840
Artist/Maker
KAWAGUCHIYA UHEI* (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 - "TSURUGAOKA KONGEN SOGA"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1840/1; JURO SUKENARI - SAWAMURA TOSSHO I; OISO NO TORA - ONOE KIKUJIRO II; GORO TOKIMUNE - ARASHI KICHISABURO III.

Object details

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

  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print triptych by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1840
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY - "TSURUGAOKA KONGEN SOGA"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1840/1; JURO SUKENARI - SAWAMURA TOSSHO I; OISO NO TORA - ONOE KIKUJIRO II; GORO TOKIMUNE - ARASHI KICHISABURO III.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 24.8cm (Note: Dimensions apply individually to each sheet. )
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • KIWAME (signature)
    Translation
    GOTOTEI KUNISADA GA
  • (censor's seal)
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.6380:1-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O33025/woodblock-print-kawaguchiya-uhei/
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