Mitate Sanjûrokkasen no uchi (Actors Compared with the 36 Poetic Immortals): Hitomaro / Matsuura Sayohime / Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

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Accession Number
2003/1.466
Title
Mitate Sanjûrokkasen no uchi (Actors Compared with the 36 Poetic Immortals): Hitomaro / Matsuura Sayohime
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
1786-1864
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Object Creation Date
1852
Inscription
artist's seal: Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
publisher's seal: cropped out [Iseya Kanekichi]
censor's seal: 1. Magome; 2. Hama
carver's seal: Horitake
date seal: Ne no kyû (1852/9) (check: "toshidama" website gives 10th month)
Dimensions
34.7 cm x 24.3 cm (13 11/16 in. x 9 9/16 in.)
Century
19th century
Subject Matter
The analogy made here is to the legend of the sixth-century figure of Sayohime, a loving wife who turned to petrified rock while praying for her lord's return from a conflict with Korea.
Primary Keywords
actors
kabuki
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1350 x 1956
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2003/1.466
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"Mitate Sanjûrokkasen no uchi (Actors Compared with the 36 Poetic Immortals): Hitomaro / Matsuura Sayohime; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.466/2003_1_466.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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