Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Act 9 (九段目 Kudanme)

Maker

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869), publisher

Title

Act 9 (九段目 Kudanme)
from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (忠臣蔵 Chūshingura)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1798-1799

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 37.8 x 24.8 cm (14 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Utamaro hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | character tomoe [double comma] under mountain peak with square seal reading Cho han [published by Cho];censor's seal | Kiwame (after 1791)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1142

Type

Exhibition History

Japonisme
The Influence of Japanese Art on the West
Nov 04, 1994 – Jan 22, 1995

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869), publisher
Act 9 (九段目 Kudanme); from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (忠臣蔵 Chūshingura), ca. 1798-1799
Polychrome wood block print (nishiki-e)
Vertical ōban: 37.8 x 24.8 cm (14 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1142

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