Onoe Kikugoro III as a Warrior fight Over a Banner Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)

Medium

Surimono: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

8 × 7 in. (20.3 × 17.8 cm)
sheet: 8 1/8 × 7 1/16 in. (20.6 × 17.9 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1969.31.15

Geography
Culture
Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification
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Bibliography
  • Edo no Surimono: Ikijintachi no Okurimono, exh. cat. (Chiba, Japan: Chiba-shi Bijutsukan (Chiba Art Museum), 1997), 132, 133, 194, 195, 205, no. 270
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Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts, surimono

Inscriptions

The first poem begins with "Ume no hana" xxranxxchite yami ni honomeku kazeno hatagumo" by xxxxxba (uma); the second poem goes, "Modoritemo/ me mi chiri tsuki te/ otowayama/ miyuru onoe no/ hana no omokage." by Tachibana Dochaku ?) 10/24/2012 Need further research.\r\n_ _ _ _ _ 馬\r\n(梅の)花\r\n_ _ _ _ らん\r\n_ _ ちて\r\n(闇)にほのめく\r\n(風)のはた雲 \r\n\r\n橘堂\r\n彳\r\nもとりても\r\n目にちらつきて\r\n音羽やま\r\n三ゆる尾上の\r\n花の俤\r\n\r\n五渡亭\r\n国貞\r\n画\r\n\r\n________ uma\r\n(ume no) hana\r\n________ ran\r\n________ chite\r\n(yami) ni honomeku\r\n(kaze) no hatagumo\r\n\r\nKitsudō Chaku(/Teki?)\r\nModoritemo\r\nme ni chiratsukite \r\notowa yama \r\nmiyuru ogami no\r\nhana no omokage\r\n\r\nGototei \r\nKunisada \r\nga\r\n\r\n水戸 梅廼門和歌馬 梅の花養ふならん雨もちて闇にほのめく風のはた雲\r\nもとりても目にちらつきて音羽やま ミゆる尾上の花の俤  橘堂彳 \r\n

Signed

lower left: Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞 画

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