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"MUKASHI GATARI KONO..."

Woodblock Print
7/1847
Artist/Maker
UNIDENTIFIED (publisher)
YAMAMOTOYA HEIKICHI (publisher)
Utagawa Kunisada I (artist)
Place of origin
Edo (published)
Japan (made)

STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"ONOE KIKUGORO ICHIDAI BANASHI"?; ICHIMURA-ZA, 1847/07?; SHIRAI GONPACHI - ONOE KIKUGORO III; ? - MATSUMOTO KINSHO I?.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Woodblock print
Title"MUKASHI GATARI KONO..." (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, two sheets of triptych by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1847
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"ONOE KIKUGORO ICHIDAI BANASHI"?; ICHIMURA-ZA, 1847/07?; SHIRAI GONPACHI - ONOE KIKUGORO III; ? - MATSUMOTO KINSHO I?.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 25.4cm (Note: Dimensions apply individually to each sheet.)
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • HAMA,KINUGASA (signature)
    Translation
    TOYOKUNI GA, OJU; TOYOKUNI GA, SHIGEN NO OJU
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    "MUKASHI GATARI KONO..."
  • (picture title)
Object history
Triptych incomplete at time of acquisition, only two sheets acquired by the museum.
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.6634-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O32500/mukashi-gatari-kono-woodblock-print-unidentified/
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