First Dance of the New Year (O-utaizome 御謡初), from the series “Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)” (Chiyoda no on-omote 千代田之御表)
First Dance of the New Year (O-utaizome 御謡初), from the series “Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)” (Chiyoda no on-omote 千代田之御表)

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First Dance of the New Year (O-utaizome 御謡初), from the series “Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)” (Chiyoda no on-omote 千代田之御表),

1897 [Meiji 30]

Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延, 1838–1912
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2005-90.3 a-c

Information

Title
First Dance of the New Year (O-utaizome 御謡初), from the series “Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)” (Chiyoda no on-omote 千代田之御表)
Dates

1897 [Meiji 30]

Maker
Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延
Medium
Nishiki-e album, ōban tate-e; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
sheet (each): 23.8 x 35.4 cm. (9 3/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the estate of Dorothy Ellice Edwards Martz
Object Number
2005-90.3 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed bottom right Yōshū Chikanobu 揚州周延
Inscription
年々正月三日夕於大廣間御謡初。。。 Every year on the evening of the third of the New Year, the first dance of the year is held in the main hall….
Marks/Labels/Seals
Round black seal bottom right with the character Yō 揚
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
albums, nishiki-e, prints
Materials
oban, nishiki-e, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)

–1975 Gertrude Ellice Edwards (UK?), by gift to Dorothy Ellice Edwards Martz (West Windsor, NJ), 1975.
1975–2005 Arthur M. Martz, executor (West Windsor, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2005.

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