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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Votive Tablet with Masks of Kabuki Actors taken at Face Value (当ル奉納願お賀久面について Ataru hōnō negai o gakumen ni tsuite)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Votive Tablet with Masks of Kabuki Actors taken at Face Value (当ル奉納願お賀久面について Ataru hōnō negai o gakumen ni tsuite)

Year

ca. 1848

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 35.9 x 24.1 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches) (each)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Utagawa Kuniyoshi giga; Seal: Yoshikiri; Censorship seals: Kinugasa (Kinugasa Fusajirō); Hama (Hama Yahei)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund

Object Number

2019.23.2b

Type

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (Japanese, 1798-1861
b. in Edo)
Ebisuya Jinbei (Japanese), publisher
Votive Tablet with Masks of Kabuki Actors taken at Face Value (当ル奉納願お賀久面について Ataru hōnō negai o gakumen ni tsuite), ca. 1848
Three-panel polychrome woodblock print
Vertical ōban triptych: 35.9 x 24.1 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches) (each)
Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund 2019.23.2b

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