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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Plum trees at night

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Active in Edo in the mid-1800s), block carver

Title

Plum trees at night

Period

Edo Period

Year

1843-47

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

34.9 x 23.6 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/16 inches) (plate) Mat size: E; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-2005

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga

Seals: Artist's seal | paulownia; engraver's seal | Horitake; censor's seal | Muramatsu Genroku

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

46.295.11B

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Dec 10, 1997 – Mar 08, 1998

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Active in Edo in the mid-1800s), block carver
Ibaya Sensaburō 伊場屋仙三郎 (Japanese, ca. 1815-1875), publisher
Plum trees at night, 1843-47
polychrome woodblock print
34.9 x 23.6 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/16 inches) (plate) Mat size: E; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-2005
Gift of Marshall H. Gould 46.295.11B

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