Advanced Search 
「浅草奥山 生人形」 （竜宮玉取姫之図）
Lifesized Dolls in the Inner Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa okuyama iki ningyô); reprint of Tamatori-hime at the Dragon Palace (Tamatori-hime Ryûgû no zu)
「浅草奥山 生人形」 （竜宮玉取姫之図）
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Hori Sashichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.6 x 77 cm (14 13/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1099-101
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri 2011, #113 (1st edition); Mueller et al., Competition & Collaboration (2007), #116 (1st); Suzuki 1992, #206 (1st); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T299; Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 1 (1977), p, 122 (1st)
DescriptionTriptych: 00.1099 (right), 00.1100 (center), 00.1101 (left)
Signed
Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (right sheet); Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (center sheet); Igusa Kuniyoshi ga (left sheet)
朝櫻楼国芳画 一勇斎国芳画 井草国芳画
朝櫻楼国芳画 一勇斎国芳画 井草国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 6
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi koku (on left sheet)
改印：福、村松、丑六
彫師：佐七刻
Blockcutter's mark: Sashichi koku (on left sheet)
改印：福、村松、丑六
彫師：佐七刻
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)