Current Location: In storage
Titles
Gogatsu Gorô Tokimune
Translated as: Fifth month: [Soga no] Gorô Tokimune
Mitate jûni-ka-getsu
Translated as: Parodies of the twelve months
Maker(s)
Designer:
Kunisada, Utagawa
Designer:
Kunisada II, Utagawa
Publisher:
Kagaya Yasubei
Entities
Categories
Description
Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Gorô, as if painted on a lantern, with iris. Inset landscape of figure running in a sudden evening shower. Colour print from woodblocks, Toyokuni ga, Kunisada. ho*(inset). Kagaya Yasubei. Hama & Magome. 1852/9. Poem by Sadayoshi. Yudachi ya/harete hitori no/** hana
Notes
History note: Private collection, Boston; Israel Goldman
Legal notes
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam with the aid of the MGC Purchase Grant Fund and the National Art Collections Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: ôban mm
Place(s) associated
-
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
⪼ Japan
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1999)
by
The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Dating
1852-09
CE
-
1859-09
CE
Note
The main scene was designed by Kunisada (Toyokuni III) and the inset landscape by Kunisada II.
School or Style
Ukiyo-e
Japanese
Materials used in production
Coloured ink
Components of the work
Support
composed of
Japanese paper
Techniques used in production
Nishiki-e
Colour printing
Woodcut
Inscription or legends present
- Text: Toyokuni ga
- Location: Main image
- Type: Signature
- Text: Kunisada ho[?]
- Location: Inset landscape
- Type: Signature
- Text: Kagaya Yasubei
- Type: Publisher's mark
- Text: Hama and Magome
- Type: Censor's seal
Inscription present: poem by Sadayoshi
- Text: Yûdachi ya/harete hitori no/** hana (?)
- Type: Verses
Identification numbers
Accession number: P.61-1999
Primary reference Number: 9454
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 3 August 2020
Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
