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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Tengan Isobei 天眼磯兵衞
Recent Acquisition

Maker

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Tengan Isobei 天眼磯兵衞
from the series One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Japan (本朝水滸傳豪傑八百人一個Honchō Suikoden gōyū happyakunin no hitori )

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830-1832

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 38.2 x 26.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription: 信濃の国黒姫山乃住孝子平吉が為に敵を見出さんと上總音信山の城下祭禮に

艸相撲有しが夜叉嵐と名乗飛入と呼わ？？許多の若者？相手に

做し関取角力迄投精神倍盛なるを磯兵衛朝花川を七つく夜叉嵐にて取組土俵の真中に地響させく打倒を


Signature: 一勇斎國芳画 Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (Pictured by Kuniyoshi)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 吉両国加〻や Kichi ryogoku kagaya (Kagaya Kichiemon)
Censor Seal: 極 Kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: gift of Frances Middendorf and Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund

Object Number

2024.1.2

Type

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Kagaya Kichiemon 加賀屋吉右衛門 (1815 - 1850, Edo, Japan), publisher
Tengan Isobei 天眼磯兵衞; from the series One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Japan (本朝水滸傳豪傑八百人一個Honchō Suikoden gōyū happyakunin no hitori ), 1830-1832
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Vertical ōban: 38.2 x 26.5 cm (15 1/16 x 10 7/16 inches)
Museum purchase: gift of Frances Middendorf and Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund 2024.1.2

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