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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyō no zu)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (Japanese, 1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Yoshimiya Sonokichi (Japanese), publisher

Title

Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyō no zu)
源頼朝大仏供養之図

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1843-1847

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 38.3 x 75.6 cm (15 1/16 x 29 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Tōdaiji keidai no uchi Hiroshige ga (on each sheet) | Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet) | Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheet)

Seals: Censor's seal | Murata Heiemon; date seal | 1844

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1296

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Real and Imagined
Japanese Warrior Prints
Dec 07, 2018 – May 05, 2019
Depicting Four Seasons in Japanese Prints
Jul 23, 1993 – Sep 26, 1993
Samurai, Soldiers, and Idealized Militarism in Japanese Prints
Oct 10, 1991 – Dec 01, 1991
Bushido
The Way of the Samurai
Nov 01, 1985 – Feb 09, 1986

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (Japanese, 1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Yoshimiya Sonokichi (Japanese), publisher
Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese), block carver
Minamoto no Yoritomo: offering at the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyō no zu); 源頼朝大仏供養之図, 1843-1847
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 38.3 x 75.6 cm (15 1/16 x 29 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1296

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