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Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei, Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Title

Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.9 x 18.7 cm (8 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 鴬の氷のみかは緑先に
ほし餅さへもくたく日あたり
楳下鼻彦

来る春のかしらにそひし鴬は
枕言葉の影やよむらし
大江北頼

鴬の初音ききてはおもはすも
白雪糕のへりし菓子盆
狩場早房

うくひすとのこゑの月日を
はからんと渾天機よりまはす餌すり木
堀川歌成



Signature: 豊国画 Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni)

Seals: Printer's seal: 摺工小善 Kozensai

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.45

Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei

Inscription Text/Poem: 鴬の氷のみかは緑先に
ほし餅さへもくたく日あたり
楳下鼻彦

来る春のかしらにそひし鴬は
枕言葉の影やよむらし
大江北頼

鴬の初音ききてはおもはすも
白雪糕のへりし菓子盆
狩場早房

うくひすとのこゑの月日を
はからんと渾天機よりまはす餌すり木
堀川歌成



Signature: 豊国画 Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni)

Seals: Printer's seal: 摺工小善 Kozensai

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts

May 23 - October 4, 2026

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008

Kabuki Actor Prints from the Late Eighteenth Century

September 14 - November 4, 1990

Japanese Surimono Prints

November 28, 1986 - January 25, 1987

Japanese Prints of the Kabuki

September 5 - November 23, 1986

Kabuki

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei with the accession number of 56.039.45. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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