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DOJOJI SHOSAGOTO NAKAMURA SHIKAN, from the series ONAGORI KYOGEN NO UCHI

Woodblock Print
9/1833
Artist/Maker
OMIYA HEIHACHI (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: DANCE - "RANBYOSHI ONI MO FURISODE", (REF."KYOGANOKO MUSUME DOJOJI"), SECTION - "YAMA ZUKUSHI"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1833/9; SHIRABYOSHI - NAKAMURA SHIKAN II.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Woodblock print
TitleDOJOJI SHOSAGOTO NAKAMURA SHIKAN, from the series ONAGORI KYOGEN NO UCHI (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Paper
Woodblock Print
Brief description
Woodblock print, sheet from triptych by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1833
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: DANCE - "RANBYOSHI ONI MO FURISODE", (REF."KYOGANOKO MUSUME DOJOJI"), SECTION - "YAMA ZUKUSHI"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1833/9; SHIRABYOSHI - NAKAMURA SHIKAN II.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • KIWAME (series title)
    Translation
    ONAGORI KYOGEN NO UCHI
  • (signature)
    Translation
    GOTOTEI KUNISADA GA
  • (censor's seal)
    Translation
    DOJOJI SHOSAGOTO NAKAMURA SHIKAN
  • (picture title)
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
THEATRE
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
E.6909-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O33200/dojoji-shosagoto-nakamura-shikan-from-woodblock-print-omiya-heihachi/
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