"JIRAIYA GOKETSU MONOGATARI", from the series "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI"

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Artist/Maker	MINATOYA KOHEI (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-"JIRAIYA GOKETSU MONOGATARI"; KAWARAZAKI-ZA, 1852/07; TOZOKU YASHA GORO - ICHIKAWA EBIZO V; TAKASAGO YUMINOSUKE - ARASHI RIKAN III; JIRAIYA - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII. AUTHOR - KAWATAKE MOKUAMI.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Woodblock print
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Woodblock Print Album Page Woodblock Print
Title	"JIRAIYA GOKETSU MONOGATARI", from the series "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Woodblock print on paper Paper Woodblock Print
Brief description	Woodblock print in album, from the series "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI" by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1856
Physical description	STANDARD PRINT Format: SINGLE SHEET Sheet size: OBAN Direction: V Artist's seal present: N Subject content: PLAY-"JIRAIYA GOKETSU MONOGATARI"; KAWARAZAKI-ZA, 1852/07; TOZOKU YASHA GORO - ICHIKAWA EBIZO V; TAKASAGO YUMINOSUKE - ARASHI RIKAN III; JIRAIYA - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VIII. AUTHOR - KAWATAKE MOKUAMI.
Dimensions	Height: 36.8cm Width: 26.7cm Taken from register.
Marks and inscriptions	ARATAME,DRAGON/10 (series title) Translation "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI" (signature) Translation TOYOKUNI GA (censor's seal) Translation "JIRAIYA GOKETSU MONOGATARI" (picture title)
Object history	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.7166-1886

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Record created	March 5, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O32816/jiraiya-goketsu-monogatari-from-the-woodblock-print-minatoya-kohei/

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