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Jukōdō Yoshikumi

Actors passing Mount Fuji between the Yoshiwara and Hara stations on the Tokaido (Yakusha dochu yoshiwara hara fuji enbo)

Description

Maker

Jukōdō Yoshikumi (Japanese, fl. ca. 1803-1840)

Title

Actors passing Mount Fuji between the Yoshiwara and Hara stations on the Tokaido (Yakusha dochu yoshiwara hara fuji enbo)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 19 x 53 cm (7 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems] Top left inscription signed illegibly nanasei (7th generation ___do) and appears to explain that the illustration shows actors from the Koraiya Naritaya (the Koraiya Naritaya theater,Osaka) en route to Edo from Osaka passing Mount Fuji between the stations of Yoshiwara and Hara on the Tokaido road.

Signature: Nanasei Jukodo

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1997.90.15

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Edo Theater
The Drama of Kabuki
Jan 18, 2008 – May 18, 2008

Label copy

This print depicts an actor troupe on the Tokaido (Eastern Sea Route) as they travel to Edo (modem Tokyo).

Marking the Occasion
The Japanese Tradition of Surimono
Feb 03, 2006 – May 28, 2006

Label copy

Announcements were often printed in the form of long surimono, such as this example by the Osaka printmaker Yoshikuni. The text of the announcement would have appeared above on a sheet comparable in size to that of the print.

Marking the Occasion
Surimono from Edo and Osaka
Sep 15, 2000 – Dec 03, 2000

Label copy

Announcements were often printed in the form of long surimono, such as this example by the Osaka printmaker Yoshihuni.

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Tombstone

Jukōdō Yoshikumi (Japanese, fl. ca. 1803-1840)
Actors passing Mount Fuji between the Yoshiwara and Hara stations on the Tokaido (Yakusha dochu yoshiwara hara fuji enbo), 1820s
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 19 x 53 cm (7 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches)
Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs 1997.90.15

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