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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.229
People
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
print
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
  • 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
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Descriptions

Description
The actors depicted are Bandō Muraemon I and Iwai Kumesaburō III.

Verification Level

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