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

Woodblock Print
11/1856
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 KOHEN MONOGATARI", (REF."JIRAIYA GONICHI MONOGATARI"); NAKAMURA-ZA, 1855/05; TSUNADE - BANDO TAKESABURO; TOZOKU DAIJAMARU - ARASHI KICHISABURO III; IKADANORI KIBA NO TAKE JITSU WA JIRAIYA - KAWARAZAKI GONJURO I. AUTHOR - KAWATAKE MOKUAMI.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Woodblock print
Title"JIRAIYA KOHEN 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 KOHEN MONOGATARI", (REF."JIRAIYA GONICHI MONOGATARI"); NAKAMURA-ZA, 1855/05; TSUNADE - BANDO TAKESABURO; TOZOKU DAIJAMARU - ARASHI KICHISABURO III; IKADANORI KIBA NO TAKE JITSU WA JIRAIYA - KAWARAZAKI GONJURO I. AUTHOR - KAWATAKE MOKUAMI.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 26.7cm
Taken from register.
Marks and inscriptions
  • ARATAME,DRAGON/11 (series title)
    Translation
    "ODORI KEIYO GEDAI ZUKUSHI"
  • (signature)
    Translation
    TOYOKUNI GA
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    "JIRAIYA KOHEN MONOGATARI"
  • (picture title)
Object history
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.7172-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
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