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Woodblock Print

3/1829
Artist/Maker
KAWAGUCHIYA SHOZO (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 - "YOSHITSUNE SENBON ZAKURA", SCENE - "SUSHIYA NO BA"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1829/3; NYOBO OSEN - SEGAWA KIKUNOJO V; SEGARE ZENKICHI - SAKATA NAKAJI; IGAMI NO GONTA - MATSUMOTO KOSHIRO V. AUTHORS - TAKEDA IZUMO, MIYOSHI SHORAKU AND NAMIKI SENRYU.

Object details

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, 1829
Physical description
STANDARD PRINT

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

Subject content: PLAY - "YOSHITSUNE SENBON ZAKURA", SCENE - "SUSHIYA NO BA"; NAKAMURA-ZA, 1829/3; NYOBO OSEN - SEGAWA KIKUNOJO V; SEGARE ZENKICHI - SAKATA NAKAJI; IGAMI NO GONTA - MATSUMOTO KOSHIRO V. AUTHORS - TAKEDA IZUMO, MIYOSHI SHORAKU AND NAMIKI SENRYU.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.5cm
  • Width: 25.4cm (Note: Dimensions apply individually to each sheet. )
Taken from register
Marks and inscriptions
  • KIWAME

    Note
    signature

    Translation
    GOTOTEI KUNISADA GA



  • Note
    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.7088-1886

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O33288/woodblock-print-kawaguchiya-shozo/
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