Not on display

Woodblock Print

3/1850
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

STANDARD PRINT

Format: TRIPTYCH 1/3
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-"HANA NO YUKI TAKEDA NO KACHIDOKI"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1850/03; KOSANTA TARO TAKAIE? - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Woodblock print, sheet from triptych by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1850
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

Format: TRIPTYCH 1/3
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-"HANA NO YUKI TAKEDA NO KACHIDOKI"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1850/03; KOSANTA TARO TAKAIE? - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • MERA,MURATA

    Note
    signature

    Translation
    ICHIYOSAI TOYOKUNI GA



  • Note
    censor's seal

Object history
Triptych incomplete at time of acquisition, only one sheet 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
Collection
Accession number
E.6829-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
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