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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

A fashionable miscellany, Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
  • Seiundo Eibun zosei

Title

A fashionable miscellany

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • woodblock printed book with paper wrappers,
  • sewn

Techniques

  • woodblock printed book with paper wrappers,
  • sewn

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

17.8 x 12.1 x 0.8 cm (7 x 4 3/4 x 5/16 inches) Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-2005

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription on inside of front cover, center of page in blue ink: Grace Nicholson/Indian Baskets, Rugs/Artistic and Antique Merchandise/ 46 North Los Robles Ave./Pasadena, Calif.Octagonal label adhered to inside of front cover, top center with inscription in ink: 14.026/Kuniyoshi; rectangular label adhered to inside of back cover in the top left corner with inscription in ink: 978/EA;a small octagonal label adhered to back cover, bottom right corner with inscription in pencil: 6.

Signature: Signed on last page | IchiyusaiKuniyoshi gihitsu

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Books

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

14.026

A fashionable miscellany

Inscription on inside of front cover, center of page in blue ink: Grace Nicholson/Indian Baskets, Rugs/Artistic and Antique Merchandise/ 46 North Los Robles Ave./Pasadena, Calif.Octagonal label adhered to inside of front cover, top center with inscription in ink: 14.026/Kuniyoshi; rectangular label adhered to inside of back cover in the top left corner with inscription in ink: 978/EA;a small octagonal label adhered to back cover, bottom right corner with inscription in pencil: 6.

Signature: Signed on last page | IchiyusaiKuniyoshi gihitsu

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
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