print;
album
- Museum number
- 2008,3037.03201
- Title
- Series: Edo meisho mitate junikagetsu no uchi 江戸名所見立十二ヶ月の内 (Famous Views of Edo Selected for the Twelve Months)
- Description
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Album of twelve colour woodblock prints, oban tate-e. Bust portraits of kabuki actors in character against landscapes; each print associated with a different month. The cartouche in the right upper corner is bordered by objects from the associated play. 1. Asakusa - Actor as the courtesan Miyagino (Play: Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi) 2. Oji - Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kosan no Kingoro (Play: Shinyoshiwara Suzume) 3. Fuwa District - Ichikawa Ebizo V as Fuwa Banzaemon (Play: Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma) 4. Kameido - Bando Hikasaburo IV (?) as Teranishi Kanshin (Play: ?) 5. Takanawa - Iwai Kumesaburo III as Ofune (Play: Shinrei Yaguchi no watashi) 6. Sanno Festival - Nakamura Utaemon IV as Uoya Danshichi Kurobei (Play: Yadonashi Danshichi shigure no karakasa) 7. Sumida River - Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Motome (Play: Imoseyama onna teikin, performed at the Kawarasaki theatre in the second month of 1852) 8. Main gate of the Yoshiwara - Actor as Kaku no Kosan (Play: ?) 9. Sugamo - Actor as Tomoe Uchi (Play: ?) 10. Umi Shizuka Tera - Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Asakura (Play: Higashiyama sakura soshi) 11. Hori no Uchi - Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Katsuyori (Play: Honcho nijushiko) 12. Ryogoku - Bando Hikasaburo IV as Oboshi Yuranosuke (Play: Yayoi no hara iroha no honsetsu)
- Production date
- 1852
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See:- Robinson 1961, no. 210
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi
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Associated Title: Shinyoshiwara Suzume
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Associated Title: Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma
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Associated Title: Shinrei Yaguchi no watashi
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Associated Title: Yadonashi Danshichi shigure no karakasa
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Associated Title: Imoseyama onna teikin
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Associated Title: Higashiyama sakura soshi
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Associated Title: Honcho nijushiko
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Associated Title: Yayoi no hara iroha no honsetsu
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2008,3037.03201
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 03201 (Miller Collection number)
