Utagawa Kunisada (aka Toyokuni III),
Japanese,
(1786–1864)
Dancing Mandarin Duck, c. 1850
Ink on Paper
14 5/16 in. x 29 7/8 in. (36.35 cm x 75.88 cm)
Dancing Mandarin Duck, c. 1850
Ink on Paper
14 5/16 in. x 29 7/8 in. (36.35 cm x 75.88 cm)
Object Type:
Print
Technique:
Wood-block Printing
Period:
Edo (Japan, 1615-1868)
Credit Line:
Purchased with funds from the Aoki Endowment for Japanese Arts and Cultures
Accession Number:
2005.1.16
Edition
Fine colors and fine impressions with gauffrage.
Marks
6 seals in the lower right of panel A, cartouche in upper left of panel. 6 seals in the lower right of panel B, cartouche in upper left of panel.
6 seals in the lower left of panel C, cartouche in upper right of panel.
Medium
Colored ink woodblock print; oban triptych.
Object Description
Meiji period color woodblock triptych depicting an actor wearing a Mandarin Duck costume, dancing for two Heian Courtiers.
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