Mitate Sanjûrokkasen no uchi (Actors Compared with the 36 Poetic Immortals): Chûnagon Asatada / Urazato / Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

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Accession Number: 2003/1.463
Title: Mitate Sanjûrokkasen no uchi (Actors Compared with the 36 Poetic Immortals): Chûnagon Asatada / Urazato
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Life Dates: 1786-1864
Medium and Support: woodblock print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1852
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. James Hayes
Inscription: artist's seal: Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche; publisher's seal: Iseya Kanekichi; censor's seal: 1. Magomi; 2. Hama; carver's seal: Yokogawa Horitake; date seal: Ne no shichi (1852/9)
Period: Japan, Bakumatsu (1830–1868)
Dimensions: 34.9 cm x 24.2 cm (13 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in.)
Century: 19th century
Subject Matter: The legend of Urazato tells of the doomed love affair between the prostitute Urazato and her samurai lover who cannot afford to buy her out of service. They have a child together and plan to escape; as punishment Urazato is bound with rope and put out in the snow.
Primary Keywords: actors; kabuki
Secondary Keywords: entertainers; entertainment; how we live; people and occupations
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1368 x 1968
File Size: 358 KB
Record: 2003/1.463
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Full citation: "Mitate Sanjûrokkasen no uchi (Actors Compared with the 36 Poetic Immortals): Chûnagon Asatada / Urazato; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.463/2003_1_463.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.