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Commissioned by the Taikogawa poetry club, as indicated by a drum (taiko) drawn above the title. Poems translated in Carpenter et al 2008, p. 307.
Inscription
Poem by Tôsuitei Ironari: Uchi-ideru/ nami no oto-hime/ hajime yoki/ futsuka no yume ya/ haru no hatsuhana Poem by Dondontei: Saoyama no/ kasumeru haru no/ sugata yori/ nao iro fukaki/ tatsu no miya hime 「東水亭色成 打出る浪のおと姫はしめよき二日の夢や春の初花」「鈍々亭 佐保山の霞める春の姿より猶年深きたつの音姫」
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Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画(年玉・松皮菱印)
Credit Line
Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Japanese, Edo period, 1820 (Bunsei 3)
- Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), Japanese, 1786–1864
Catalogue Raisonné
Carpenter et al, Reading Surimono (2008), #189
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.7 x 18.3 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Accession Number
00.1942
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper