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Object Type
print
Museum number
2008,3037.14106
Title
Object:
Ki 幾き
Series:
Nanatsu iroha toto Fuji zukushi 七ツいろは東都富士盡
(Complete Alphabetic Primer of Fuji in the Eastern Capital)
Description
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Kimon Kihei, stripped to the waist with a workmen's towel tied around his neck. Inset view of Mount Fuji from Sekiya-no-sato, with a boat and a persimmon tree. No. 38.
Producer name
Print artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
(main image)
Print artist:
Tori-jo とり女
(inset landscape)
Published by:
Ebiya Rinnosuke 海老屋林之助
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods
Edo Period
Production date
1852
(1st month (?))
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
Dimensions
Height:
37.30 centimetres
Width:
25.30 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
warrior
landscape
Associated names
Associated with:
Kimon Kihei 鬼門喜平
Representation of:
Matsumoto Koshiro V 五代目松本幸四郎
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Fuji-san (Mount Fuji)
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Osome Hisamatsu ukina yomiuri
Associated Title:
Nise Murasaki inaka irojo
(二世紫田縁色上)
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
2008,3037.14106
Additional IDs
Previous owner/ex-collection number:
14106
(Miller Collection number)