Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Beauty on a balcony (Bijin)

Maker

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Japanese, 1800s, Edo, Japan), block carver
Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese), publisher

Title

Beauty on a balcony (Bijin)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1853.11

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 36.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches); Sheet: 37 x 25.7 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 10 Toyokuni III; in a later hand bottom left-center: 25c/580

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Seals: Artist's toshidama seal; engraver's seal | Yokogawa Horitake; publisher's emblem | Isekane; censors' seals | Watanabe Shoemon (right) and Mera Taichiro; date seal | 1853.11

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1432

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

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Japanese, 1800s, Edo, Japan), block carver
Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese), publisher
Beauty on a balcony (Bijin), 1853.11
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 36.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches)<br>Sheet: 37 x 25.7 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/8 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1432

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