#1: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Prince Suzuka and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yamanoue Gennaizaemon in Zôhiki (Elephant-pulling), from the series The Eighteen Great Plays
Utagawa Kunisada as Toyokuni III, #1: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Prince Suzuka and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yamanoue Gennaizaemon in Zôhiki (Elephant-pulling), from the series The Eighteen Great Plays, 1852, 3rd month, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Bequest of James Sumner Douglass, public domain, 2006.93.43
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- Title
#1: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Prince Suzuka and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yamanoue Gennaizaemon in Zôhiki (Elephant-pulling), from the series The Eighteen Great Plays
- Related Titles
catalog entry: #1: Ichikawa Ebizô V as Prince Suzuka and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Yamanoue Gennaizaemon in Zôhiki (Elephant-pulling), from the series Jûhachiban no uchi (The Eighteen Great Plays)
series (translated): The Eighteen Great Plays
series (transliterated): Jûhachiban no uchi
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1846-1883)
- Date
1852, 3rd month
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 7/8 in x 9 1/2 in; sheet: 14 1/4 in x 9 5/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
cartouche: 鈴鹿の皇子, black ink within red rectangular cartouche, upper right, within block Transliteration (Translation): Suzuka no Ôji (Prince Suzuka) Language: Japanese
censor's mark: 米良 渡辺, printed in black ink within circle, lower right, within block Transliteration (Translation): Mera Watanabe (Mera Watanabe) Language: Japanese
date seal: ne san (year of the rat, 3rd month)
signature: 香蝶豊国画, printed in black ink within orange with yellow border Toshidama cartouche, lower left, within block Transliteration (Translation): Kôchôrô Toyokuni ga (picture by Kochoro Toyokuni) Language: Japanese
publisher's mark: , lower right, within block
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Bequest of James Sumner Douglass
- Accession Number
2006.93.43
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms