De 53 paulownia bomen bij de Torenpoort, Toyohara Kunichika, 1896

Title(s)

De 53 paulownia bomen bij de Torenpoort
Sanmon gosan no kiri (title on object)
Nieuwe toneelstukken in het Meiji theater (series title)
Meijiza shinkyogen (series title on object)

Object type

• print
• triptych

Object number

RP-P-1985-271

Catalogue reference

• Jap Cat V 27

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

De acteur Ichikawa Danjuro IX, ten halven lijve, in de rol van de als Drakenkoning verklede hofdame van de Ishida clan met langharige rode pruik waarop een draak.

Artist

• print maker: Toyohara Kunichika (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Akiyama Buemon (mentioned on object)

Place

Tokyo

Dating

11-Feb-1896

Material

• paper

Technique

color woodcut / blind-stamped

Measurements

height 370 mm × width 728 mm

What

• portrait of actor, actress
• female impersonation by actor

Who

• Ichikawa Danjûrô IX

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1985

Copyright

Public domain

• The age of Yoshitoshi : Japanese prints from the Meiji and Taishō periods : Nagasaki, Yokohama and Kamigata prints : recent acquisitions, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, Jan Frederik Heijbroek, 26, cat.nr. 27