Kunisada Oban Triptych / Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

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Accession Number: 2011/2.191.1
Title: Kunisada Oban Triptych
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1845-1850
Object Creation Place: Asia; Japan
Creation Place 1: Asia
Creation Place 2: Japan
Credit Line: Gift of Sharlynn and Andrew Circo, in memory of Sotokichi Katsuizumi
Period: mid-late 1800's
Dimensions: 37.47 cm x 76.2 cm (14 3/4 in. x 30 in.)
Century: mid-late 1800's
Primary Object Classification: Print
Primary Object Type: color print
Physical Description: One of three Japanese woodblock prints, each depicting traditional scenes of Japanese life.
Subject Matter: A large-format triptych, this work depicts an actor in the role of an onnagata.
Primary Keywords: japanese; woodblock prints
Secondary Keywords: transfer method; asian; east asian; objects we use; people and culture; prints; prints by process; prints by process or technique; relief prints; styles and periods; styles and periods by region; visual works; visual works by medium or technique
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2502 x 3558
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 2011/2.191.1
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.191.1/2011_2_191_1.jpg

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Full citation: "Kunisada Oban Triptych; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.191.1/2011_2_191_1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.