Kabuki Theater Scene
Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786 - 1865
about 1850
Woodblock print
Sheet: 14 × 9 15/16 in. (35.6 × 25.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Helen Holden Wood, Class of 1934W
2013.42.8
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Artist's signature in elongated vertical red toshidama cartouche: Toyokuni ga.; Publisher's seal in white vertical rectangle: Izumiya Ichibei, Sen-ichi; Censors' round seals: Muramatus Genroku and Fukushima Giemon (1840-1853)
Provenance
Possibly purchased by Arthur Lewis Wood (1912-2011, Class of 1934), in Tokyo, Japan, May-June 1957; to Helen "Heidi" Holden Wood (1916-2013), Hanover, New Hampshire, 2011; bequeathed to present collection, 2013.
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