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Act IV: Offering incense, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers


Utagawa Kunisada as Toyokuni III, Act IV: Offering incense, 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, 77.37.3

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Title

Act IV: Offering incense, from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers

Related Titles

catalog entry: Yondanme (Act IV: Offering incense), from the series Chûshingura e-kyôdai (Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

original language: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟 四段目

series (translated): Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers

series (transliterated): Chûshingura e-kyôdai

translated: Act IV: Offering incense

transliterated: Yondanme

Artist

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1864)

Related People

publisher: Moriya Jihei (Japanese, active mid-19th century)

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 3/4 in x 9 13/16 in; sheet: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in

Inscriptions & Markings

publisher's mark: mark + 馬貳森治, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Mori Ji (Mori Ji) Language: Japanese Description: publisher's mark on reserve ground within a rectangular cartouche. At the top, a stylized roof, under which an archaic version of the character 森 (Mori); below that, 馬貳 (Baku ni), an abbreviation of the publisher's address (Nihonbashi, Bakurocho, nichome), followed by 森治 (Mori Ji, short for Moriya Jihei)

signature: 豊国画, printed in black ink within orange Toshidama (年玉枠) cartouche, center left Transliteration (Translation): Toyokuni ga (Picture by Toyokuni) Language: Japanese Description: signature within a red toshidama cartouche

censor's mark: 未正改, printed in black ink on a reserve ground, within a black circle, lower right Transliteration (Translation): hitsuji shô aratame (examined at New Year's in the year of the goat) Language: Japanese

title: 忠臣蔵絵兄弟 四段目, printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Chûshingura e-kyôdai yondanme (Act IV from the series Pictorial Siblings to The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) Language: Japanese Description: series title and print title

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

77.37.3

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

woodcuts

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