triptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 1991,0716,0.1
Title: Object: Tanjo Daihitsu, Uesugi Kenshin　弾正大弼　上杉謙信 (Useugi Kenshin and the Blind Biwa Player)
Description: Colour woodblock triptych print. Second edition. Ishizaka Kengyo playing Biwa guitar and singing story of Nue in front of Uesugi Kenshin and his warriors; Uesugi Kenshin seated on decorated cushion, holding folded fan in hand and looking down on floor. Inscribed, signed and sealed.
Producer name: Print artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年); Published by: Sugiyama (杉山)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1893
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 35.40 centimetres; Width: 71.30 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Asahi 1996 No.125の下絵に基づく版画である。初摺は明治20年（1887）に小林鉄次郎から出版された。これは芳年の死後、明治26年に杉山から出版された2版である。（増渕鏡子（福島県立美術館））
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: history; myth/legend; warrior
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信); Named in inscription & portrayed: Ishizaka Kengyo (石坂検校)
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1991
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1991,0716,0.1

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