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夜の吉原
Night in the Yoshiwara
夜の吉原
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Japanese
Edo period
1819 (Bunsei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9308
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #63; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 236; Hillier, Vever cat. 3 (1976), #810
DescriptionPoems translated in Rijksmuseum 2000, pp. 109 and 111.
Signed
Kunisada ga (on lantern)
国貞
国貞
InscriptionsPoem by Chokujuen Junma: Yami no yo ni/ oide nanshi wa/ ume no hana/ iro mo nasake mo/ shiru hito zo shiru
Poem by Danshûrô Kiô Enma: Hatsu hikage/ augu negai wa/ suehiro no/ Nihon-zutsumi mo/ haru no akebono
直樹園順馬 闇の夜に おいてなんしハ 梅の花 色も情も しる人そしる
談洲樓 喜翁 焉馬 初日影 あふくねかひハ 末広の にほんつゝミも 春の曙
Poem by Danshûrô Kiô Enma: Hatsu hikage/ augu negai wa/ suehiro no/ Nihon-zutsumi mo/ haru no akebono
直樹園順馬 闇の夜に おいてなんしハ 梅の花 色も情も しる人そしる
談洲樓 喜翁 焉馬 初日影 あふくねかひハ 末広の にほんつゝミも 春の曙
ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.