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Woodblock Print

9/1850
Artist/Maker
TSUJIOKAYA BUNSUKE* (publisher)
YAMAMOTOYA HEIKICHI (publisher)
Utagawa Kunisada I (artist)
Place of origin
Edo (published)
Japan (made)

STANDARD PRINT

Format: SINGLE SHEET
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-"TSUKI YUKI HANA MAKI-E NO KENDAI"; ICHIMURA-ZA, 1850/09; KANO NO YUKIHIME - ONOE BAIKO IV; MATSUNAGA DAIZEN - ARASHI KICHISABURO III; KANO SUKE NAONOBU - ICHIMURA UZAEMON XII.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Woodblock print
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print from a series by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1850
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

Format: SINGLE SHEET
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY-"TSUKI YUKI HANA MAKI-E NO KENDAI"; ICHIMURA-ZA, 1850/09; KANO NO YUKIHIME - ONOE BAIKO IV; MATSUNAGA DAIZEN - ARASHI KICHISABURO III; KANO SUKE NAONOBU - ICHIMURA UZAEMON XII.
Dimensions
  • Length: 36.2cm
  • Height: 25.4cm
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • WATANABE,KINUGASA (signature)
    Translation
    TOYOKUNI GA
  • (censor's seal)
Object history
One of a series of thirty-two sheets numbered E.7106to7137-1886.
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.7124-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
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