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  • A stern-faced figure with clenched fists, dressed in a patterned robe, stares intensely towards columns of calligraphy.
  • A stern-faced figure with clenched fists, dressed in a patterned robe, stares intensely towards columns of calligraphy.

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei

Maker

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825

Title

Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei

Period

Edo Period

Year

1822

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Origin: Japan

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.45

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Kabuki

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769-1825
b. in Edo, Japan)
Matsumoto Kōshirō V as Banzuin Chobei, 1822
Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)
Shikishiban: 21.9 x 18.7 cm (8 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.45

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