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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Suma

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese), publisher
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Japanese, 1800s, Edo, Japan), block carver

Title

Suma
Fashionable Genji
Furyu Genji

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1853.4

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Overall: 37.9 x 75.6 cm (14 15/16 x 29 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Square label affixed to reverse of Part B, bottom left with inscription in pencil: 30

Inscription verso (reverse of Print C), bottom left in pencil: No. 30/Hiroshige/Scene in [Kobi]; in a later hand, verso (reverse of Part C), bottom left in pencil: EGR223

Signature: Toyokuni ga | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal ~ chiryusai

Seals: censor's seals ~ Kinugasa Fusajiro

Seals: censor's seal ~ Murata Heiemon

Seals: date seal ~ 1853, 4th month

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1297

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

The Triptych Format in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Dec 06, 1991 – Jan 26, 1992

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese), publisher
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Japanese, 1800s, Edo, Japan), block carver
Suma; Fashionable Genji; Furyu Genji, 1853.4
Polychrome woodblock print
Overall: 37.9 x 75.6 cm (14 15/16 x 29 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1297

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