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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof impression for Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu)

Maker

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

Title

Proof impression for Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1840s

Medium

  • Monochrome woodblock print with hand-coloring

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Monochrome woodblock print with hand-coloring

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Right two parts of a vertical ōban triptych: 37.6 x 50.8 cm (14 13/16 x 20 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 一勇斎国芳画
Translation: Pictured by Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi

Marks: illegible ink annotations top of each sheet
Inscription verso (part A) center, right in pencil:4791; in a later hand, verso (part A), bottom left in pencil:096433. Inscription verso (part B), center right in pencil: 4794; in a later hand, verso (part B), bottom left in pencil: 096433.

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1998.72.8

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Seeing with the Mind's Eye
The Art of Printmaking in Japan
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Sōshūya Yohei 総州屋与兵衛 (1802 - 1851, Edo, Japan), publisher
Proof impression for Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu), 1840s
Monochrome woodblock print with hand-coloring
Right two parts of a vertical ōban triptych: 37.6 x 50.8 cm (14 13/16 x 20 inches)
Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs 1998.72.8

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