Man and woman, from the series The Five Chivalrous Dandies Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)

1818 (year of the tiger)

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Surimono, shikishi-ban (one of the four from a set of five prints); polychrome woodblock print with brass, silver, and gaufrage

Dimensions

sheet: 8 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (21.5 × 19 cm)

Credit Line

Promised gift of Virginia Shawan Drosten and Patrick Kenadjian, B.A. 1970

Loan number

ILE2017.30.54

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Joan B. Mirviss (dealer), New York; sold to Virginia Shawan Drosten and Patrick Kenadjian, Koenigstein im Taunus, Germany, 2004 (on loan to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017–present)
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts, surimono

Inscriptions

Taiko-gawa\r\nDrum Group\r\n太鼓側\r\n\r\nPoets\r\nTōsuitei Murasaki-ironari (凍水亭紫色成)\r\nDondontei (鈍々亭)

Signed

Gototei Kunisada ga (painted by Gototei Kunisada); Artist's Seal: Toshidama
五渡亭國貞画

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