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Woodblock Print

4/1841
Artist/Maker
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (designer)
SANOYA KIHEI (publisher)
Place of origin
Edo (published)

STANDARD PRINT

Format: TRIPTYCH 1/3
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY - "ICHINOTANI FUTABA GUNKI", SCENE - "SUMA NO URA KUMIUCHI NO BA"; KAWARAZAKI-ZA, 1841/4?; ATSUMORI SHITSU TAMAORI HIME - (NAKAMURA DAIKICHI III?); NARITA GORO - (? KOMAEMON). AUTHORS - NAMIKI SOSUKE AND ASSISTANTS.


Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Materials and techniques
FULL COLOUR PRINT
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

Format: TRIPTYCH 1/3
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY - "ICHINOTANI FUTABA GUNKI", SCENE - "SUMA NO URA KUMIUCHI NO BA"; KAWARAZAKI-ZA, 1841/4?; ATSUMORI SHITSU TAMAORI HIME - (NAKAMURA DAIKICHI III?); NARITA GORO - (? KOMAEMON). AUTHORS - NAMIKI SOSUKE AND ASSISTANTS.
Marks and inscriptions
(signature)
Translation
KOCHORO KUNISADA GA
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.6781-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
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