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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), Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
  • Sōshūya Yohei 総州屋与兵衛

Title

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

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Monochrome woodblock print with hand-coloring

Techniques

  • Monochrome woodblock print with hand-coloring

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1998.72.8

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

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Seeing with the Mind's Eye

December 31, 1999 - March 19, 2000
Intricate, monochrome, Japanese woodblock print capturing a chaotic battle scene with samurai, horses, and a background of trees and architecture. Calligraphy is dispersed throughout the complex image.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu), Edo Period
Faintly orange, monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a samurai wielding multiple swords against a complex landscape background. The figure wears traditional fighting attire and has a stern expression.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu) , Edo Period
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Proof impression for Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu) with the accession number of 1998.72.8. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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