Utagawa Kunisada. Saiko, from the series ‘Chronicles of Elegant Women’ / Fan print, 1859.
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞], a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代 歌川 豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865).
Signed: Toyokuni ga [豊国 画] in a red toshidama cartouche
Block carver: Yokokawa Takejirō [横川竹二郎] (Japanese, fl. 1845 – 1863), seal: 彫竹 – hori Take.
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, fl. c. 1845 – 1847).
Media: Untrimmed fan print (uchiwa-e), 238 x 304 mm.
Title: Saiko (West River) [西江]; 西江 means the Xi River in China.
Series: Chronicles of Elegant Women [風雅女史傳] (Fūga joshiden).
Combined date seal and kiwame censor seal: Ansei 6 (1859).
Other prints from the same series in this collection:
SVJP-0216.2016 — Princess Sotoori:
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| Period | 19 AD, Ansei era [安政] (11/1854 –3/1860), Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century |
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| Artist | Utagawa Kunisada [歌川 国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865) |
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| Signature | Block carver signature, Combined date seal and kiwame censor seal, Sealed: Toshidama, Toyokuni ga [豊国画] |
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