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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Scribblings on the storehouse wall (荷宝蔵壁のむだ書 Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki), Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
  • Ibaya Sensaburō 伊場屋仙三郎

Title

Scribblings on the storehouse wall (荷宝蔵壁のむだ書 Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban diptych: 35.7 x 24.4 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/8 inches) (left side)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem

Signature: 一勇斎国芳画

Seals: Artist's seal | paulownia; censors' seals | Kinugasa Fusajiro | Hama Yahei

Place

Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1998.72.7

About

Scribblings on the storehouse wall (荷宝蔵壁のむだ書 Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki)

Inscription Text/Poem

Signature: 一勇斎国芳画

Seals: Artist's seal | paulownia; censors' seals | Kinugasa Fusajiro | Hama Yahei

Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Artistry of Utagawa Kuniyoshi

October 7, 2023 - April 28, 2024

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

Use

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 Scribblings on the storehouse wall (荷宝蔵壁のむだ書 Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki) with the accession number of 1998.72.7. 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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