Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Japanese, 1800s, Edo, Japan), block carver
Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese), publisher
Title
Beauty on a balcony (Bijin)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Image: 36.5 x 25.7 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches); Sheet: 37 x 25.7 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: 10 Toyokuni III; in a later hand bottom left-center: 25c/580
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Seals: Artist's toshidama seal; engraver's seal | Yokogawa Horitake; publisher's emblem | Isekane; censors' seals | Watanabe Shoemon (right) and Mera Taichiro; date seal | 1853.11 Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates
Object Number
13.1432 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Japanese, 1800s, Edo, Japan), block carver
Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese), publisher
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