Not on display

"GOYO NO HARU KOGANE NO WAKAMOCHI"

Woodblock Print
9/1863
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

STANDARD PRINT

Format: TRIPTYCH 2/3
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-UNIDENTIFIED. POPULAR ACTORS SHOWN MAKING "MOCHI" RICE CAKES. FROM LEFT - KAWARAZAKI GONJURO I; ICHIKAWA KUZO III; ICHIMURA KAKITSU IV; NAKAMURA SHIKAN IV; SAWAMURA TOSSHO II; ICHIKAWA ICHIZO III; ICHIKAWA YAOZO VI.

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
Title"GOYO NO HARU KOGANE NO WAKAMOCHI" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Woodblock print, two sheets of triptych by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1863
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

Format: TRIPTYCH 2/3
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-UNIDENTIFIED. POPULAR ACTORS SHOWN MAKING "MOCHI" RICE CAKES. FROM LEFT - KAWARAZAKI GONJURO I; ICHIKAWA KUZO III; ICHIMURA KAKITSU IV; NAKAMURA SHIKAN IV; SAWAMURA TOSSHO II; ICHIKAWA ICHIZO III; ICHIKAWA YAOZO VI.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 25.4cm (Note: Dimensions apply individually to each sheet.)
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • ARATAME/BOAR/09

    Note
    signature

    Translation
    TOYOKUNI ROHITSU



  • Note
    censor's seal

    Translation
    "GOYO NO HARU KOGANE NO WAKAMOCHI"



  • Note
    picture title

Object history
Triptych incomplete at time of acquisition, only two sheets acquired by the museum.
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
Collection
Accession number
E.6482:1-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
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