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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono)
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Maker

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Minatoya Kohei 湊屋小兵衛 (1850s, Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono)

Year

1848 (Kōka 5/Kaei 1)

Medium

  • Woodblock print (nishiki-e),
  • ink and color on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Woodblock print (nishiki-e),
  • ink and color on paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 37.8 x 77.8 cm (14 7/8 x 30 5/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund

Object Number

2024.1.1ac

Type

  • Prints

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono)

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Minatoya Kohei 湊屋小兵衛 (1850s, Edo, Japan), publisher
Ōtaya Takichi 太田屋多吉 (1850s, Edo, Japan), block carver
Popular Ōtsu-e for the Times: A Long-Awaited Rarity (梳行逢都繪代稀物 Ryūkō Ōtsu-e kitai no maremono), 1848 (Kōka 5/Kaei 1)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Vertical ōban triptych: 37.8 x 77.8 cm (14 7/8 x 30 5/8 inches)
Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund 2024.1.1ac

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