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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

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850)

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

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

relief printing

relief prints

surimono

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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