Utagawa KUNISADA /TOYOKUNI III
(Japan 1786–1865)
- Title
- (Kabuki scene - story of Izutsu Kumenosuke)
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Period
- Ansei era 1854 - 1860 → Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Year
- 1857
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
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Ôban tate-e: 36.9 x 75.3cm image overall; 37.5 x 76.1cm sheet overall:
a - left sheet, 1 x woman; 36.9 x 25cm; image
a - left sheet, 1 x woman; 37.5 x 25.2cm; sheet
b - centre sheet, 2 x men; 36.7 x 25.3cm; image
b - centre sheet, 2 x men; 37.5 x 25.7cm; sheet
c - right sheet, 1 x man; 36.9 x 25cm; image
c - right sheet, 1 x man; 37.5 x 25.2cm; sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.l. [part a] in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyokuni ga [picture by Toyokuni]". Not dated. Signed l.l. [part b] in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyokuni ga [picture by Toyokuni]". Not dated. Signed l.r. [part c], in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Toyokuni ga [picture by Toyokuni]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr Roderick Bain 1997
- Accession number
- 171.1997.a-c
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (1)
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AJIOKA Chiaki (Japan) (Curator), Heroes and villains: from Japan's floating world, Sydney, May 2001, 7. cat.no. 3.8
- Exhibition history (1)
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Heroes and Villains, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 May 2001–19 Aug 2001.
