Prologue: Moronao places a love-letter in Lady Kaoyo's sleeve, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
Utagawa Kunisada as Toyokuni III, Prologue: Moronao places a love-letter in Lady Kaoyo's sleeve, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, 1859, color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Rockey, public domain, 77.37.2
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- Title
Prologue: Moronao places a love-letter in Lady Kaoyo's sleeve, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Shodan (Prologue: Moronao places a love-letter in Lady Kaoyo's sleeve), from the series Chûshingura e-kyôdai (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
original language: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟 初段
series (translated): Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers
series (transliterated): Chûshingura e-kyôdai
translated: Prologue: Moronao places a love-letter in Lady Kaoyo's sleeve
transliterated: Shodan
- Artist
- Related People
- Date
1859
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 11/16 in x 9 3/4 in; sheet: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
publisher's mark: 森 馬弐 森治, printed in black ink within vertical rectangular cartouche, lower center Transliteration: Mori, Ba Ni, Moriji Language: Japanese Description: seal of the publisher Moriya Jihei (Kinshindō)
signature: 豊国画, printed in black ink within orange Toshidama (年玉枠) cartouche, center right, within block Transliteration (Translation): Toyokuni ga (picture by Toyokini) Language: Japanese
censor's mark: 未正改, printed in black ink within circular cartouche, center right, within block Transliteration (Translation): hitsuji shô aratame (examined at New Year's in the year of the goat) Language: Japanese
inscription: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟, printed in black ink within orange vertical cartouche, upper right, within block Transliteration (Translation): Chûshingura e-kyôdai (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Eugene Rockey
- Accession Number
77.37.2
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms