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Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周

The Mansion of Plates and the Cursed Makeup Mirror (皿屋敷化粧姿鏡 Sarayashiki keshō no sugatami), Meiji

Description

Maker

  • Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周
  • Umezawa Minokichi 梅沢已之吉
  • Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎

Title

The Mansion of Plates and the Cursed Makeup Mirror (皿屋敷化粧姿鏡 Sarayashiki keshō no sugatami)

Year

Meiji

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock prints (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock prints (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 108.6 x 25.4 cm (42 3/4 x 10 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Toyohara Kunichika hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | toshidama

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2003.39.5

About

The Mansion of Plates and the Cursed Makeup Mirror (皿屋敷化粧姿鏡 Sarayashiki keshō no sugatami)

Signature: Toyohara Kunichika hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | toshidama

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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July 6, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Sukima

June 1 - November 25, 2018

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Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周

Onoe Kikugoro V as Okiku no rei Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Asayama Tessan, Onoe Kikushiro III as Chugen Arisuke and Onoe Matsusuke IV as Iwabuchi Chuta as Tessan's retainers in the play Sarayashiki kesho no sugatami (Making up in a mirror at the Sarayashiki), Meiji

Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周

Onoe Kikugoro V as Okiku no rei Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Asayama Tessan, Onoe Kikushiro III as Chugen Arisuke and Onoe Matsusuke IV as Iwabuchi Chuta as Tessan's retainers in the play Sarayashiki kesho no sugatami (Making up in a mirror at the Sarayashiki), Meiji

Toyohara Kunichika 豊原国周

Onoe Kikugoro V as Okiku no rei Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Asayama Tessan, Onoe Kikushiro III as Chugen Arisuke and Onoe Matsusuke IV as Iwabuchi Chuta as Tessan's retainers in the play Sarayashiki kesho, Meiji

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