Stage props for a kabuki play and a branch of plum
Totoya Hokkei, Stage props for a kabuki play and a branch of plum, probably 1824, color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; shikishiban surimono, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.708
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- Title
Stage props for a kabuki play and a branch of plum
- Related Titles
original language; descriptive: 斧 煙草入 梅
translated; descriptive: Axe, tabacco pouch, and plum
transliterated; descriptive: Ano, tabako-ire, ume
- Artist
- Date
probably 1824
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; shikishiban surimono
- Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill 2011, no. 81.
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 7 5/8 in x 6 11/16 in; sheet: 7 15/16 in x 6 15/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: 春の日に煙くゆらす山賤の // たはこもやはりたてものそかし// 盛砂, printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): haru no hi ni kemuri kuyurasu yamagatsu no tabako mo yahari tate-mono zo kashi // Morizuna (On a fine spring day, smoke plumes upwards the woodcutter’s tobacco, “Tate” brand of course, as befits the starring actor! [by] Morizuna) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Morizuna. Translation by John Carpenter.
inscription: 紫に明ゆく // そらの霞さへ // 三すら棚引 // はるの山賤 // 史喬, printed in black ink, upper middle Transliteration (Translation): murasaki ni akeyuku // sora no kasumi sae // misuji tanabiku // haru no yamagatsu // Shikyō (Even the strands of mist, tinged purple in the dawn sky spread out in “triple stripes” like those worn by the woodcutter in the hills during spring [by] Shikyō) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Shikyō. Translation by John Carpenter.
signature: 北渓, printed in black ink, bottom right Transliteration: Hokkei 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
32.708
- 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