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Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎

Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Tsurunoya, and Companion, Edo Period

Maker

  • Tani Seikō 谷清好
  • Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎

Title

Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Tsurunoya, and Companion

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)

Techniques

  • polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.6 x 18.1 cm (8 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: よし原を ほのかに友の にほはせて さそふや隅田の 風の梅か香 
- 狩場早房

初春は ほしの林を みせぬれと また風の手に まひなしの花 
- 大江北頼

また寒き 日本堤を 梅提て 春心うこく ひとのゆきかひ 
- 楳下鼻彦


Signature: 春暁斎政信筆 (Pictured by Shungyōsai Masanobu)

Seals: Designer's seal: Square red seal
Block carver's seal: Tani Seikō 谷清好

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.79

Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Tsurunoya, and Companion

Inscription Text/Poem: よし原を ほのかに友の にほはせて さそふや隅田の 風の梅か香 
- 狩場早房

初春は ほしの林を みせぬれと また風の手に まひなしの花 
- 大江北頼

また寒き 日本堤を 梅提て 春心うこく ひとのゆきかひ 
- 楳下鼻彦


Signature: 春暁斎政信筆 (Pictured by Shungyōsai Masanobu)

Seals: Designer's seal: Square red seal
Block carver's seal: Tani Seikō 谷清好

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts

May 23 - October 4, 2026

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008
A regal figure in a flowered robe walks ahead of two young attendants, surrounded by columns of calligraphy.

Hayami Shungyosai 速水春暁斎

Courtesan and Attendants, Edo Period
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