Not on display

Woodblock Print

8/1856
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"SOHO SUZUKA GASSEN", (REF."TAMURAMARO SUZUKA GASSEN"); NAKAMURA-ZA, 1856/08; HIRAKAWARA JIROZO - SEKI SANJURO III; AKOGI NO HEIJI - KATAOKA GADO II.

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, 1856
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY-"SOHO SUZUKA GASSEN", (REF."TAMURAMARO SUZUKA GASSEN"); NAKAMURA-ZA, 1856/08; HIRAKAWARA JIROZO - SEKI SANJURO III; AKOGI NO HEIJI - KATAOKA GADO II.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • ARATAME,DRAGON/08 (signature)
    Translation
    TOYOKUNI GA
  • (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.6995-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
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