Utagawa Kunisada
Publisher Iseya Kanekichi
Nakamura Fukusuke I
Edo period -1855 (Ansei 2)
MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE
Moku hanga 木版画 (Japanese woodcut)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing_in_Japan
Nishiki-e (錦絵, "brocade picture")
Japanese multi-coloured woodblock printing;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishiki-e
Tools: Yasutomo Baren
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baren_(printing_tool)
Support: Hosho paper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washi
Dimensions & format
Öban; 36 x 25 cm (14 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formatos_del_ukiyo-e
GRAPHIC WORK
Actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu and Nakamura Kôzô I as Boatman (Sendô) Tomizô
Work details
Features: Unic graphics work
ARTIST
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese: 歌川 国貞; 1786 – 12 January 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代 歌川 豊国, Sandai Utagawa Toyokuni), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. He is considered the most popular, prolific and commercially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utagawa_Kunisada
Artistic genre:
Yakusha-e (役者絵)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakusha-e
Period:
1855 Ansei 2, 6th month
Publisher:
Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter:
Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Signed:
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche 豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks:
Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 6
Blockcutter's mark: Yokokawa Hori Take
改印：改、卯六
彫師：横川彫竹
Country of origen:
Japón/Edo (Tokyo)
COMPOSITION DESCRIPTION
Play: Hiragana Seisuiki
https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/39a3d86a-5c51-41c4-8c74-6a5e8e8ae4f3/content
Play (main feature): Torimazete Mitate Kendai
Theater: Ichimura ひらかな盛衰記（ひらがなせいすいき
機臨衆目視歌案（とりまぜてみたてけんだい）
市村
1855、安政０２、06・21
Actors:
Nakamura Fukusuke I como Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu y Nakamura Kôzô I como Boatman (Sendô) Tomizô
https://www.kabuki21.com/fukusuke.php
Location / Teatre:
Ichimura ZA
https://hmong.es/wiki/Ichimura-za_theater
Artist Utagawa Hiroshige March 1854
COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Fine Arts: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/471192
Waseda University Theatre Museum: http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp
Publishing:: https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/kabuki-plays-on-stage-volume-1-brilliance-and-bravado-1697-1766/
EXPOSURE & CONSERVATION
The works are preserved and exhibited in "nest boxes".
These structures developed specifically for these works have all the elements for their conservation and exhibition.
