Terms and conditions of use
Portraits of kabuki actors
(c. 1848)
Medium
album: colour woodblock, 49 prints, wood, paper, silk and gold leaf cover, glue and concertina binding
Measurements
22.9 × 15.8 cm (image) 25.0 × 17.2 cm (sheet) 25.3 × 17.5 × 2.7 cm (closed) 22.9 × 350.0 × 55.0 cm (open)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1992
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Osaka, Japan
Inscription
(print no. 1) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Kunimasu (artist's seal)
(print no. 2) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r. Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 3) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 4) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Kunimasu (artist's seal)
(print no. 5) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Kunimasu (artist's seal)
(print no. 6) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Kunimasu (artist's seal)
(print no. 7) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 9) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 10) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 11) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 12) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 13) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 14) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 15) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 16) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 17) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 18) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 19 l.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 19 r.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 20) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 21) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 22) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 23) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.l.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 24) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Kunishige (artist's seal)
(print no. 25 l.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Kunishige (artist's seal)
(print no. 25 r.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Kunishige (artist's seal)
(print no. 26) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 27) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) l.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 28) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Masunibu (artist's seal)
(print no. 29) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Masunibu (artist's seal)
(print no. 30) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r. Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 31) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 32) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Kunishige (artist's seal)
(print no. 33) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Kunishige (artist's seal)
(print no. 34 l.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 34 c.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 34 r.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 35 l.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 35 c.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 35 r.) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.r.: Hirosada (artist's seal)
(print no. 36) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) u.l.: Kunishige (artist's seal)
Accession Number
AS10-1992
Department
Asian Art
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