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"HANA O TSUMU FUKAGAWA NO KIHAN", from the series "AZUMA HAKKEI NO UCHI"

Woodblock Print
3/1839
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: HENGEMONO DANCE - "HANA GOYOMI IRO NO SHOWAKE"; NAKAMURA-ZA,1839/3; FUNANORI (BOATMAN)-NAKAMURA UTAEMON IV. THE 3RD OF 8 QUICK-CHANGES EACH ILLUSTRATING A FAMOUS SIGHT IN THE EAST, (AZUMA HAKKEI). RETURNING SAILS AT FUKAGAWA. AUTHOR-SAKURADA JISUKE III.

Object details

Category
Object type
Title"HANA O TSUMU FUKAGAWA NO KIHAN", from the series "AZUMA HAKKEI NO UCHI" (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Woodblock print, three from a series of eight by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1839
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: HENGEMONO DANCE - "HANA GOYOMI IRO NO SHOWAKE"; NAKAMURA-ZA,1839/3; FUNANORI (BOATMAN)-NAKAMURA UTAEMON IV. THE 3RD OF 8 QUICK-CHANGES EACH ILLUSTRATING A FAMOUS SIGHT IN THE EAST, (AZUMA HAKKEI). RETURNING SAILS AT FUKAGAWA. AUTHOR-SAKURADA JISUKE III.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.5cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Taken from register.
Marks and inscriptions
  • KIWAME (series title)
    Translation
    "AZUMA HAKKEI NO UCHI"
  • (signature)
    Translation
    GOTOTEI KUNISADA GA
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    "HANA O TSUMU FUKAGAWA NO KIHAN"
  • (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.
Historical significance: Related prints: OI
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.7587-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
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