Physical play competition, No. 4 Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

ca. 1843–47

Asian Art

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Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

framed: 20 1/2 × 16 1/16 in. (52 × 40.8 cm)
sheet: 14 5/16 × 9 7/8 in. (36.3 × 25.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of John F. O'Brien

Accession Number

2017.50.24

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
John F. O'Brien, Mt. Pleasant, SC; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 19
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Publisher’s seal mark: Minami Tenma ni-chōme Tsujiyasu ban 南𫝊馬町二丁目　辻安板 (rectangular, relief, lower right after the signature)\r\nCensor’s seal mark: Kinugasa 衣笠 (round, relief, lower left next to the signature) & Hama 濱 (round, relief, lower left next to the signature)\r\n

Inscriptions

かき王多し; ??者川し; 眉間くら遍; 徒ま先者ぢき; 由び春まう; 平手打; まくらひき\r\n足てかぶ川天都め尓可ける; アノ於ちや可満の奈るおと八ぶくん〱…キツト王らふまいぶくん〱…\r\n徒ま先を?天ゆび尓てあるい天(?)見せうヤどつこい〱; 二本んゆひ天あふぎを者さみ可多よりうそろへま八して又まへゝ(?)多しま須\r\n三尺者奈れて足をそろへ両手をうしろへま八し者しらへひ多いを付たり者奈し多り; あをむけ尓さけをのむ奈ん(???)うまいぞ〱; 者しらへかみを者りひざであるい天いつてくちでとるこいつ盤よつ本どむづ可し以\r\nちや王んに水をいつ者以入飛多ひ尓のせて祢多りおき多り春王つ多りひゆう者ん〱(???); みゝのち可らを???いしうすをちよいとひつ可け天イヤうんとこ奈(?); こう奈者連こう可い奈ドツコイヨツト王らいつこ奈し〱(???)\r\n

Signed

“Hiroshige gi-hitsu” (“brushed by Hiroshige for fun”) 廣重戯筆 (lower right)

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