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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Patrinia flower (Valerian) (Ominaeshi)

Maker

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875

Title

Patrinia flower (Valerian) (Ominaeshi)
from the series An Elegant Floral Calendar (Fūryū hanagoyomi)
風流花暦
おみなえし

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1832-1834

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Signature: Kōchōrō Kunisada ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kikakudo; censor's seal | kiwame

Inscription: Inscription verso, bottom left: 9 Kunisada/580; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom left:.25

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1378

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Fan-Shaped Bird and Flower Prints from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
May 11, 1990 – Jun 30, 1990

Label copy

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, 1986 – Aug 30, 1986

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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875
Edo, Japan), publisher
Patrinia flower (Valerian) (Ominaeshi); from the series An Elegant Floral Calendar (Fūryū hanagoyomi); 風流花暦; おみなえし, ca. 1832-1834
Polychrome wood block print
Vertical ōban: 37.3 x 24.1 cm (14 11/16 x 9 1/2 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1378

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