Description
This print is the right panel of a triptych that shows three women caught in a beam of light from a stone lantern while viewing cherry blossoms at night.
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Title
- Cherry Blossoms at Night: Comparing the Shapes of Flowers
- 夜の様姿乃花競
Contributors
- Utagawa Kunisada (Artist)
- 歌川 国定 (Artist)
- Kawaguchiya Uhei (Publisher)
- 川口屋 宇兵衛 (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1846
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Identifier
- Identifier TypeLocally defined identifierIdentifier ValueASUM 2006.048.003
Note
- Vertical ōban. Dimensions: 14 x 9 ¾ in. (35.56 x 24.77 cm)
- Markings: Artist’s signature: Kōchōrō Toyokuni ga 香蝶楼 豊国 画 Artist’s seal: (red toshidama) Publisher’s seal: Sakamoto-chō Kawaguchi han 阪本町 川口板 (in a rectangle with two vertical lines of text surmounted by the sign Ue 上 under a single mountain) Censor’s seal: Murata 村田
- Gift of Sid Zarow
- Sources: British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=781644&partId=1&people=146872&peoA=146872-2-70&page=2, opens in a new window Waseda Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum http://enpaku.waseda.ac.jp/db/enpakunishik/results-big.php?shiryo_no=201-1997, opens in a new window
