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The character Matsuōmaru at Matsuno'o, between Tsuchiyama and Minakuchifront

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The character Matsuōmaru at Matsuno'o, between Tsuchiyama and Minakuchi

  • Description

    Kunisada designed several ‘Tōkaidō’ series during his long career, including an erotic version. This print comes from a different series from the other four prints on display here, but it also shows actors in front of landscapes related to the stations of the Tōkaidō. Each of the Kabuki roles depicted is connected in some way to the landscape, perhaps through the location of the play or through an allusion to a local legend within the play.

  • Details

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    Series
    The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Asia › Japan (Matsuno'o) (subject)
    Date
    1852
    Artist/maker
    Utagawa Kunisada (1823-1880) (designer)
    Hori Mino (1833 - 1906) (block cutter)
    Associated people
    Matsumoto Kōshirō V (1764 - 1838) (subject)
    Izutsuya Shōkichi (active c. 1849 - 1865) (publisher)
    Hama Yahei (active c. 1852) (censor)
    Magomi Kangeyū (active c. 1852) (censor)
    Material and technique
    woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
    Dimensions
    frame 59.7 x 44.4 x 1.9 cm (height x width x depth)
    35.2 x 24.3 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Christ Church College, University of Oxford, 1983.
    Accession no.
    EA1983.100

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