Act IV: Offering incense, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Utagawa Kunisada as Toyokuni III, Act IV: Offering incense, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, 1859, color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Rockey, public domain, 77.37.3
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- Title
Act IV: Offering incense, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Yondanme (Act IV: Offering incense), from the series Chûshingura e-kyôdai (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
original language: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟 四段目
series (translated): Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
series (transliterated): Chûshingura e-kyôdai
translated: Act IV: Offering incense
transliterated: Yondanme
- Artist
- Related People
- Date
1859
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 3/4 in x 9 13/16 in; sheet: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
publisher's mark: mark + 馬貳森治, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Mori Ji (Mori Ji) Language: Japanese Description: publisher's mark on reserve ground within a rectangular cartouche. At the top, a stylized roof, under which an archaic version of the character 森 (Mori); below that, 馬貳 (Baku ni), an abbreviation of the publisher's address (Nihonbashi, Bakurocho, nichome), followed by 森治 (Mori Ji, short for Moriya Jihei)
signature: 豊国画, printed in black ink within orange Toshidama (年玉枠) cartouche, center left Transliteration (Translation): Toyokuni ga (Picture by Toyokuni) Language: Japanese Description: signature within a red toshidama cartouche
censor's mark: 未正改, printed in black ink on a reserve ground, within a black circle, lower right Transliteration (Translation): hitsuji shô aratame (examined at New Year's in the year of the goat) Language: Japanese
title: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟 四段目, printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Chûshingura e-kyôdai yondanme (Act IV from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) Language: Japanese Description: series title and print title
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Eugene Rockey
- Accession Number
77.37.3
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2007 In Winter, Silk Linings: The Kimono in Print Portland Art Museum