Act V: The Yamazaki Highway, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Utagawa Kunisada as Toyokuni III, Act V: The Yamazaki Highway, 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, 77.37.4
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- Title
Act V: The Yamazaki Highway, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Godanme (Act V: The Yamazaki Highway), from the series Chûshingura e-kyôdai (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
original language: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟 五段目
series (translated): Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
series (transliterated): Chûshingura e-kyôdai
translated: Act V: The Yamazaki Highway
transliterated: Godanme
- 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 9/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
censor's mark: 未正改, printed in black ink within circular cartouche, center bottom, within block Transliteration (Translation): hitsuji shô aratame (examined at New Year's in the year of the goat) Language: Japanese
signature: 豊国画, printed in black ink within orange Toshidama (年玉枠) cartouche, lower left, within block Transliteration (Translation): Toyokuni ga (picture by Toyokuni) Language: Japanese
seal: hitsuji shô aratame (examined at New Year's in the year of the goat)
inscription (series title): 忠臣蔵絵兄弟, printed in black ink within orange vertical cartouche, upper right, within block Transliteration (Translation): Chûshingura e-kyôdai (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) Language: Japanese
- 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
77.37.4
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2007 In Winter, Silk Linings: The Kimono in Print Portland Art Museum
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum