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| Artist: | Utamaro 1 Kitagawa (1753-1806) — 喜多川歌麿 |
| Title: | Mitate- The Treasury of the Loyal Retainers- Act 3 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1801 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Nishimuraya |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Nishimuraya |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 37899 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
MitateThe Treasury of the Loyal Retainers: Act III
Artist: Utamaro I
Format: Oban tate-e, gray ground: 15.5" x 10.25" approx
Subject: The inset picture shows Yenya attacking the villain Moronao and being restrained by Honzo, who seizes him from behind and so averts the killing. In the main picture a husband is restrained from beating his bare breasted wife by two bijin and another man.
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi
Date: 1801 |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Condition: Full size with margins. A small nick in margin at bottom left. Minor soils, thinning, damages and stains at edges. A stain on the right leg of the wife. Generally good state of preservation.
Colour: Exceptionally fresh.
Impression: Very fine early impression with gauffrage. |
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