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- Museum number
- 2008,3037.07209
- Title
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Object: Token Gonbei 唐犬権兵衛
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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
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Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Token Gonbei looking at himself in a mirror, his black kimono patterned with scenes from hell; poem above.
- Production date
- 1845
- Dimensions
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Height: 36.60 centimetres
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Width: 25.20 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- See:- Robinson 1982, S40 no. 1; This series of heroic bust portraits is derived from a contemporary kabuki play ‘Shôfuda tsuki kongen kusazuri’. The backgrounds are a solid colour with a short signed poem.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2008,3037.07209
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 07209 (Miller Collection number)
