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Artist/Maker	MATSUMURA TATSUEMON (publisher) YAMAMOTOYA HEIKICHI (publisher) Utagawa Kunisada I (artist)
Place of origin	Edo (published) Japan (made)

STANDARD PRINT

Format: DIPTYCH 2/2
Sheet size: OBAN
Direction: V
Artist's seal present: N

Subject content: PLAY - "MEIDO NO HIKYAKU", (REF."KOI BIKYAKU YAMATO ORAI", "UMEGAWA CHUBEI"); ICHIMURA-ZA, 1824/3; CHUBEI - BANDO MITSUGORO III; TANBAYA KIZO - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VII. AUTHOR - CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Woodblock print
Materials and techniques	Woodblock print on paper Paper Woodblock Print
Brief description	Woodblock print diptych by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), Japan, 1824
Physical description	STANDARD PRINT Format: DIPTYCH 2/2 Sheet size: OBAN Direction: V Artist's seal present: N Subject content: PLAY - "MEIDO NO HIKYAKU", (REF."KOI BIKYAKU YAMATO ORAI", "UMEGAWA CHUBEI"); ICHIMURA-ZA, 1824/3; CHUBEI - BANDO MITSUGORO III; TANBAYA KIZO - ICHIKAWA DANJURO VII. AUTHOR - CHIKAMATSU MONZAEMON.
Dimensions	Height: 37.5cm Width: 25.4cm (Note: Dimensions apply individually to each sheet. ) Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions	KIWAME (signature) Translation GOTOTEI KUNISADA GA (censor's seal)
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.7069-1886

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Record created	March 5, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O33284/woodblock-print-matsumura-tatsuemon/

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