Act VIII: The bride's journey, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Utagawa Kunisada, Act VIII: The bride's journey, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, ca. 1841-1843, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Gift of Drs. Louis and Annette Kaufman, public domain, 83.67.6
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- Title
Act VIII: The bride's journey, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Hachidanme (Act VIII: The bride's journey), from the series E-kyôdai Chûshingura (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
original language: 絵兄弟忠臣蔵 八段目
series (translated): Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
series (transliterated): E-kyôdai Chûshingura
translated: Act VIII: The bride's journey
transliterated: Hachidanme
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Japanese, active 18th-19th century)
- Date
ca. 1841-1843
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 14 13/16 in x 10 1/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
publisher's mark: 佐野喜, printed in black ink within rectangular vertical cartouche, lower right, within block Transliteration (Translation): sanoki (sanoki) Language: Japanese Description: seal of the publisher Sanoya Kihei
signature: 香蝶楼国貞画, printed in black ink, lower right, within block Transliteration (Translation): Kôchôrô Kunisada ga (picture by Kôchôrô Kunisada) Language: Japanese
censor's mark: 極, printed in black ink within circular cartouche, lower right, within block Transliteration (Translation): kiwame (approved) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Louis and Annette Kaufman
- Accession Number
83.67.6
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
