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Object Type: print
Museum number: 2008,3037.07207
Title: Object: Shirai Gonpachi 白井権八; Series: Kuniyoshi moyo shofuda tsuketari genkin otoko 国芳もよう正札附現金男 (Men of Ready Money with True Labels Attached, Kuniyoshi Style)
Description: Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Shirai Gonpachi with a shakuhachi stuck in the back of his sash; poem above.
Producer name: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳; Author: Ryukatei Tanekazu 柳下亭種員; Published by: Ibaya Kyubei 伊場屋久兵衛
Cultures/periods: Koka Era
Production date: 1845
Production place: Published in: Edo (historic)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock
Dimensions: Height: 36.60 centimetres; Width: 24.60 centimetres
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Curator's comments: See:- Robinson 1982, S40 no. 1; This series of heroic bust portraits is derived from a conTenporary kabuki play ‘Shôfuda tsuki kongen kusazuri’. The backgrounds are a solid colour with a short signed poem.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: warrior; musical instrument
Associated names: Representation of: Shirai Gonpachi 白井權八
Acquisition name: Donated by: American Friends of the British Museum
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Prof Arthur R Miller
Acquisition date: 2008
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2008,3037.07207
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 07207 (Miller Collection number)

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