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Utagawa Toyokuni

Sawamura Tanosuke II as the lady-in-waiting? Takigawa (Koshimoto? Takigawa Sawamura Tanosuke), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Sumimaruya Jinsuke
  • Utagawa Toyokuni

Title

Sawamura Tanosuke II as the lady-in-waiting? Takigawa (Koshimoto? Takigawa Sawamura Tanosuke)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.8 x 25.6 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems] The inscription in the title is unclear; it appears to say Koshimoto, or lady-in-waiting, which may concur with the woman's posture and holding a sword.

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame; date seal | 1811

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1161

Sawamura Tanosuke II as the lady-in-waiting? Takigawa (Koshimoto? Takigawa Sawamura Tanosuke)

[text and poems] The inscription in the title is unclear; it appears to say Koshimoto, or lady-in-waiting, which may concur with the woman's posture and holding a sword.

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame; date seal | 1811

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

Japanese Prints of the Kabuki

September 5 - November 23, 1986

Kabuki

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 Sawamura Tanosuke II as the lady-in-waiting? Takigawa (Koshimoto? Takigawa Sawamura Tanosuke) with the accession number of 20.1161. 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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