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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Head of Woman, Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
  • Tsuruya Kiemon 鶴屋喜右衛門

Title

Head of Woman

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

17.8 x 12.2 cm (7 x 4 13/16 inches) (plate) Mat size: B; Left half of image. Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Pro

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Left panel:Hana fubuki (title of book)/kochitsu (cover [word for covers of 2nd or 3rd vols. of sets of ehon])/Isobe saku (written by Isobe)/Kuniyoshi ga/cyclical date/red seal Sho/address and name of publisher Tsuruya han

Signature: Kuniyoshi ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Tsuruya han

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.492A

Head of Woman

Left panel:Hana fubuki (title of book)/kochitsu (cover [word for covers of 2nd or 3rd vols. of sets of ehon])/Isobe saku (written by Isobe)/Kuniyoshi ga/cyclical date/red seal Sho/address and name of publisher Tsuruya han

Signature: Kuniyoshi ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Tsuruya han

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Hokusai's Sketchbooks

May 22 - July 25, 1992

Japanese Bird and Flower Prints

February 8 - June 6, 1985
Woodblock print of a woman gazing at a bird on a perch connected to a basket of fish. A second bird is perched on-top the frame surrounding her face.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cover Design for Snow-blown Chains of Fate (花雪吹縁柵 Hana fubuki en no shigarami), Edo Period
No Image Available

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Bird and flower, Edo Period
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