JAPANESE PRINTS
A MILLION QUESTIONS
TWO MILLION MYSTERIES
Ukiyo-e Prints浮世絵版画 |
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UTAGAWA KUNISADA |
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歌川国貞 |
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うたがわくにさだ |
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1786-1865 |
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Actors: Large monkey- Ichikawa Danjūrō VII Young monkey - Ichikawa Shinnosuke II |
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Date: Ca. 1830 |
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Censor's seal: kiwame |
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Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 かわぐちや.しょうぞう |
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Print Size: 15" x 10 1/8" |
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Signature: Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画 |
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PAVILION OF THE FIFTH FERRY |
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"Despite his early success Kunisada seems to have had something of a struggle to find his direction. The confusion manifested itself in the different signatures that he employed.... The Ukiyo-e ruikō states that the name Gototei, literally 'Pavilion of the Fifth Ferry,' was given to him by the poest Shokusanjin (Ōta Nampo, 1749-1823). While the precise date of its first use is not known, the name occurs in the colophons of books as early as 1810."
Quotes from: Kunisada's World, by Sebastian Izzard, Japan Society, Inc., 1993, pp. 21-22. |
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