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GOHENGE SHOSAGOTO NO UCHI

Woodblock Print
3/1857
Artist/Maker
DAIKOKUYA KINNOSUKE (publisher)
YAMAMOTOYA HEIKICHI (publisher)
Utagawa Kunisada I (artist)
Place of origin
Edo (published)
Japan (made)

STANDARD PRINT

Format: POLYPTYCH 2/5
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: HENGEMONO DANCE - "SUKEROKU SUGATA NO URAUME"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1857/03; SHIROZAKE URI, INFACT SUKEROKU'S BROTHER SHINBEI - SAWAMURA TOSSHO II; SOBAYA FUKUYAMA JINPACHI - NAKAMURA FUKUSUKE I.

Object details

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

  • Woodblock Print
  • Woodblock Print
TitleGOHENGE SHOSAGOTO NO UCHI (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, two sheets of polyptych "GOHENGE SHOSAGOTO NO UCHI" by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1857
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

Format: POLYPTYCH 2/5
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: HENGEMONO DANCE - "SUKEROKU SUGATA NO URAUME"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1857/03; SHIROZAKE URI, INFACT SUKEROKU'S BROTHER SHINBEI - SAWAMURA TOSSHO II; SOBAYA FUKUYAMA JINPACHI - NAKAMURA FUKUSUKE I.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 25.4cm (Note: Dimensions apply individually to each sheet.)
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • ARATAME,SNAKE/02 (signature)
    Translation
    TOYOKUNI GA
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    GOHENGE SHOSAGOTO NO UCHI
  • (picture title)
Object history
Polyptych 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
THEATRE
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.6627:1-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O32507/gohenge-shosagoto-no-uchi-woodblock-print-daikokuya-kinnosuke/
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