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Faintly orange, monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a samurai wielding multiple swords against a complex landscape background. The figure wears traditional fighting attire and has a stern expression.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu),

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu),

Period

Edo Period

Year

1835

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

37.6 x 25.1 cm (14 13/16 x 9 7/8 inches) (plate) unmatted; folder size same as Mat A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems]illegible ink annotations top of each sheetInscription verso (part A) center, right in pencil:4791; in a later hand, verso (part A), bottom left in pencil:096433. Inscription verso (part B), center right in pencil: 4794; in a later hand, verso (part B), bottom left in pencil: 096433.

Signature: IchiyusaiKuniyoshi ga

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1998.72.8A

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Artistry of Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Oct 07, 2023 – Apr 28, 2024

Label copy

These are proof prints of Kuniyoshi’s sketches for a triptych depicting a famous battle. Working off Kuniyoshi’s designs, the woodblock carver and printer typically produced series of proof impressions; in this example, the basic outlines of figures and landscapes are delineated in black ink. These intermediary prints were then handed back to Kuniyoshi so that he could add further instructions for the carvers and printers. 

Seeing with the Mind's Eye
The Art of Printmaking in Japan
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861
b. in Edo, Japan)
Sōshūya Yohei 総州屋与兵衛 (1802 - 1851, Edo, Japan), publisher
Proof Impression of Vengence at Iga Pass (伊賀越敵討図 Igagoe kataki-uchi no zu), , 1835
Monochrome woodblock print with hand-coloring
37.6 x 25.1 cm (14 13/16 x 9 7/8 inches) (plate) unmatted; folder size same as Mat A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging
Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs 1998.72.8A

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