Image
Description
Maker
- Torii Kiyomitsu I, fl. ca. 1716-1764, Japanese
- Yamashiroya, Japanese, publisher
Title
Segawa Kikunojo II as the princess Usuyukihime (Nidai Segawa Kikunojo Usuyukihime)
Year
ca. 1760
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Sheet: 31.1 x 13.7 cm (12 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom center in pencil: 15.00[text and poems] inscribed upper left with role and to left name of actor Poem reads: Aki no no ya(translates to) In a contest of colors kumo iro iro no (translates to) is a myriad of colored clouds iro kurabe (translates to) over the autumn hillsThe cat. file contains another reading of the poem, the word "kumo" cloud apparently read as "koi," love. The season is clearly autumn.(The cataloguer is rejecting Roger Keyes's reading of the character in 2003.12/12/2007DDG)
Place
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
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20.1073
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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