1933.4.229: Iris (Shōbu), from the series Selection of Six Flowers Currently in Full Bloom (Tōsei rokkasen)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.229
- People
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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
- Title
- Iris (Shōbu), from the series Selection of Six Flowers Currently in Full Bloom (Tōsei rokkasen)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 当盛六花撰 菖蒲
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 20th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/147118
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Technique
- Woodblock print
- Dimensions
- vertical ōban: H. 35.8 × W. 24.5 cm (14 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (printed) Toyokuni ga
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
- Accession Year
- 1933
- Object Number
- 1933.4.229
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The actors depicted are Bandō Muraemon I and Iwai Kumesaburō III.
Verification Level
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