First calligraphy of the New Year, from the series Fūryū kinki shoga (A Fresh Look at the Four Accomplishments)
Utagawa Toyokuni, First calligraphy of the New Year, from the series Fūryū kinki shoga (A Fresh Look at the Four Accomplishments), late 1790s, color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.341
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- Title
First calligraphy of the New Year, from the series Fūryū kinki shoga (A Fresh Look at the Four Accomplishments)
- Related Titles
series (original language): 風流琴棋書画
series (translated): A Fresh Look at the Four Accomplishments
series (transliterated): Fūryū kinki shoga
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Enomotoya Kichibei (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1786-1830s)
- Date
late 1790s
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyoe shūka v. 9, no. 171
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; sheet: 14 13/16 in x 9 3/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
series title: 風流 / 琴棋書画, printed in black within rectangular cartouche on white reserve ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): fūryū kinki shoga (fashionable four accomplishments) Language: Japanese
inscription: あらたまの // としの始に // 筆とりて // よろずの宝 // 我そかきとる, printed in black ink, center Transliteration (Translation): Aratama no // toshi no hajime ni // fude torite // yorozu no takara // ware zo kakitoru (At the beginning of the fresh-as-a-new-jewel year, taking my brush I write down for posterity a myriad treasures) Language: Japanese Description: Calligraphy written on handscroll held by courtesan
publisher's mark: 吉 [under single mountain motif], printed in black ink, bottom left Transliteration (Translation): Kichi ([seal of the publisher Enomotoya Kichibei 榎本屋吉兵衛]) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Hōeidō 豊栄堂 active ca. 1786-1830s
censor's mark: 極, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, lower left Transliteration (Translation): kiwame (approval) Language: Japanese
signature: 豊國画, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Toyokuni ga (picture [by] Toyokuni) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection
- Accession Number
32.341
- 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