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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川 国芳

Scribblings on the Storehouse Wall (Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki), 1843-1847

Description

Maker

Title

Scribblings on the Storehouse Wall (Nitakaragura kabe no mudagaki)

Year

1843-1847

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Image: 35.7 x 24.5 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems]
text at top reads "shimeta shimeta" (it's finished, it's finished) and "mama" (as it is)

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1998.72.7

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

Kuniyoshi has very cleverly caricatured seven actors in these "scribblings." Moving from the center clockwise, the performers may be tentatively identified as follows: Azuma Tōzō (?); Bandō Hikosaburō; Ichikawa Shinsha (?); Bandō Mitsugorō IV as Shunkan (?); unidentified actor; Mimasa Daigorō (?); and Ōtani Tomoemon III.

Use

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