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#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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#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

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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

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1864)

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

Edo

elephant

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

woodcuts

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