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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Wada rebellion: Asahina Saburo Yoshihide attacking with superhuman strength (Wada kassen Asahina Saburo Yoshihide moyu kairiki)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Koizumi Kanegōrō 小泉兼五郎 (Japanese, Active in 1800s in Edo, Japan), block carver

Title

Wada rebellion: Asahina Saburo Yoshihide attacking with superhuman strength (Wada kassen Asahina Saburo Yoshihide moyu kairiki)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1857.5

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 35.6 x 24.1 cm (14 x 9 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed at lower corner | Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga

Seals: Artist's seal | paulownia; censor's seal | aratame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

85.197.8A

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking, Part I
The Heroic, Bizarre, and Supernatural
Sep 09, 1998 – Dec 06, 1998
Legends of the Samurai
Oct 01, 1993

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Koizumi Kanegōrō 小泉兼五郎 (Japanese, Active in 1800s in Edo, Japan), block carver
Jōshūya Juzō 上州屋重蔵 (Japanese, 1812 - 1876, Edo, Japan), publisher
Wada rebellion: Asahina Saburo Yoshihide attacking with superhuman strength (Wada kassen Asahina Saburo Yoshihide moyu kairiki), 1857.5
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 35.6 x 24.1 cm (14 x 9 1/2 inches)
Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff 85.197.8A

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