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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Nitta Tadatsune and the Spirit of Mount Fuji

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Nitta Tadatsune and the Spirit of Mount Fuji

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1844

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 37.6 x 76 cm (14 13/16 x 29 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Ichiyusai Kunisada ga
Artist's seal: Pawlonia shape in red ink

Signature: IchiyusaiKuniyoshi ga

Seals: Artist's seal | paulownia; censor's seal | YoshimuraGentaro

Inscription: Inscription verso (reverse of Part A), bottom rightin pencil: ICB93

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Issac C. Bates

Object Number

13.2332A

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Dec 10, 1997 – Mar 08, 1998

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Tadatsune and the goddess of Mount Fuji (Kennin sannen Minamoto no Yoriie-kyo Fuji no mikari), Edo Period
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsujiya Yasubei 辻屋安兵衛 (1842-1863
Active in Edo), publisher
Nitta Tadatsune and the Spirit of Mount Fuji, ca. 1844
Polychrome woodblock print
Vertical ōban triptych: 37.6 x 76 cm (14 13/16 x 29 15/16 inches)
Bequest of Issac C. Bates 13.2332A

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