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"DAIBUTSU KUYO NO ZU"

Woodblock Print
1/1811-12/1814
Artist/Maker
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (designer)
UNIDENTIFIED (publisher)
Place of origin
Edo (published)

STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: THE WARRIOR SHICHIBYOE KAGEKIYO HOLDING A HALBERD AND SHOSHI SHIGETADA APPEARING FROM BEHIND SOME CURTAINS. THE PICTURE TITLE "DAIBUTSU KUYO NO ZU" REFERS TO A MEMORIAL SERVICE COMMEMORATING THE DEDICATION OF THE GREAT BUDDHA STATUE IN NARA IN 1195.


Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Title"DAIBUTSU KUYO NO ZU" (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: THE WARRIOR SHICHIBYOE KAGEKIYO HOLDING A HALBERD AND SHOSHI SHIGETADA APPEARING FROM BEHIND SOME CURTAINS. THE PICTURE TITLE "DAIBUTSU KUYO NO ZU" REFERS TO A MEMORIAL SERVICE COMMEMORATING THE DEDICATION OF THE GREAT BUDDHA STATUE IN NARA IN 1195.
Marks and inscriptions
  • KIWAME AND IWATOYA KISABURO (signature)
    Translation
    GOTOTEI KUNISADA GA
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    "DAIBUTSU KUYO NO ZU"
  • (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
WARRIOR
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.6732-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O33470/daibutsu-kuyo-no-zu-woodblock-print-utagawa-kunisada-i/
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