Iwai Kumesaburō III as Princess Wakana Raising a Large Spider through Incantation (Wakana-hime 若菜姫), from the series “Contest of Magic Scenes by Toyokuni” (Toyokuni kigō gijutsu kioi 豊国揮毫奇術競)
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Princess Wakana Raising a Large Spider through Incantation (Wakana-hime 若菜姫), from the series “Contest of Magic Scenes by Toyokuni” (Toyokuni kigō gijutsu kioi 豊国揮毫奇術競)

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Iwai Kumesaburō III as Princess Wakana Raising a Large Spider through Incantation (Wakana-hime 若菜姫), from the series “Contest of Magic Scenes by Toyokuni” (Toyokuni kigō gijutsu kioi 豊国揮毫奇術競),

1861

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国), 1786–1865; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Published by Hiranoya Shinzō 平野屋新蔵
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2011-57

Information

Title
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Princess Wakana Raising a Large Spider through Incantation (Wakana-hime 若菜姫), from the series “Contest of Magic Scenes by Toyokuni” (Toyokuni kigō gijutsu kioi 豊国揮毫奇術競)
Dates

1861

Maker
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国)
Published by Hiranoya Shinzō 平野屋新蔵
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
36.8 x 25.1 cm. (14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.) mat: 56 x 41.8 cm. (22 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund, selected for acquisition by students in ART 425: The Japanese Print
Object Number
2011-57
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Nanajunana-o (at the venerable age of seventy-seven) Toyokuni hitsu
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
plays, spiders, princesses, scrolls (information artifacts), calligraphy (writing), figures (representations), red, theaters

–2011 Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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