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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

Patrinia flower (Valerian) (Ominaeshi), ca. 1832-1834

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), 1786-1865, Japanese
  • Sanoya Kihei, 1717-1875, Japanese, publisher

Title

Patrinia flower (Valerian) (Ominaeshi)

Year

ca. 1832-1834

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 37.3 x 24.1 cm (14 11/16 x 9 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga
Censor's seal: Kiwame
Publisher's seal: Sanoki

Place

Japan

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1378

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Fan-Shaped Bird and Flower Prints from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

May 11 - June 30, 1990

The image, presumably a woman of the pleasure quarters, captures the heat and intensity of a summer's night of lovemaking.

Courtesans of the Floating World

May 30 - August 30, 1986

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