Minamoto Yoritomo's Dedication Ceremony for the Great Buddha (Minamoto Yoritomo Daibutsu kuyô no zu)

「源頼朝大仏供養之図」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Yoshimiya Sonokichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Renkichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 73.1 cm (14 9/16 x 28 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jerome Downes

Accession Number1970.581a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "... Hiroshige and Kunisada," Andon 84 (2008), p. 41, fig. 12 (this impression); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #102; Genshoku Ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 4 (1981), #75

Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheets), Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet); Tôdai-ji keidai no zu Hiroshige ga (Picture of the precincts of Tôdai-ji by Hiroshige, on each sheet)
朝櫻楼国芳画　一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: Mura
Blockcutter's mark: Renkichi Horikô
改印：村
彫師：廉吉彫工