The votive tablet with masks of kabuki actors taken at face value
(Ataru hōnō negai ogakumen 当ル奉納願お賀久面)
(c. 1848-1849)
Medium
colour woodblock (triptych)
Measurements
(a-c) 35.5 × 72.8 cm (image) (overall) 35.6 × 73.5 cm (sheet) (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Asian Art Acquisition Fund, 2011
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Printing/Publishing
published by Yebisu-ya of Terifuri-cho
Inscription
(a) printed in ink (in image) u.r.: 当ル奉納願お賀久面
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) c.r.-l.r.: (Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi gi ga)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.r.: (Yoshi kiri)
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) u.r.: (censor's seal) / (censor's seal)
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) l.c.: (publisher's mark)
(b) printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) u.r.: (censor's seal) / (censor's seal)
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) l.r.: (Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi gi ga)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.r.: (Yoshi kiri)
(c) printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) u.r.: (censor's seal) / (censor's seal)
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) l.r.: (publisher's mark)
printed in ink (in image) (in Japanese characters) l.l.: (Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga)
stamped in red ink (in image) l.l.: (Yoshi kiri)
Accession Number
2011.95.a-c
Department
Asian Art
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