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"SUMIDAGAWA BAIRYU SHINSHO"

Woodblock Print
2/1847
Artist/Maker
UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (designer)
JOSHUYA KINZO (publisher)
Place of origin
Edo (published)

STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"BUTAI NO HANA YAYOI NO IROTOKI" (REF."SUMIDAGAWA HANA NO GOSHO ZOME"); NAKAMURA-ZA, 1847/02; SEIGEN AMA - IWAI KUMESABURO III; SARUSHIMA SOTA - BANDO HIKOSABURO IV; YOSHIDA NO MATSUWAKAMARU - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII.

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read Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) Produced in their many thousands and hugely popular during the Edo period (1615 – 1868), these colourful woodblock prints, known as ukiyo-e, depicted scenes from everyday Japan.

Object details

Object type
Woodblock print
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
Title"SUMIDAGAWA BAIRYU SHINSHO" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
FULL COLOUR PRINT
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"BUTAI NO HANA YAYOI NO IROTOKI" (REF."SUMIDAGAWA HANA NO GOSHO ZOME"); NAKAMURA-ZA, 1847/02; SEIGEN AMA - IWAI KUMESABURO III; SARUSHIMA SOTA - BANDO HIKOSABURO IV; YOSHIDA NO MATSUWAKAMARU - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII.
Marks and inscriptions
  • YOSHIMURA,MURAMATSU (signature)
    Translation
    TOYOKUNI GA, OJU; TOYOKUNI GA, SHIGEN NO OJU
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    "SUMIDAGAWA BAIRYU SHINSHO"
  • (picture title)
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.6287:1-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
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