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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Act 9 (九段目 Kudanme), Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
  • Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Title

Act 9 (九段目 Kudanme)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

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)

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1142

About

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

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)

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Japonisme

November 4, 1994 - January 22, 1995

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Act 9 (九段目 Kudanme) with the accession number of 20.1142. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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