Woodcut
after Utagawa Kunisada (Tokyo 1786 - Tokyo 1864)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1800 - 1850
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
360 x 240 mm; 515 mm (Height); 400 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1226401
Summary
Woodblock print, ink and pigments on paper, untitled print from the series Enshoku Sugata Hana no Jūnishi (Charmingly Dressed Flowers of the Twelve Months), after Utagawa Toyokuni III (also known as Utagawa Kunisada, 1786–1864), 1864, signed centre left Nanajūkyūsai Toyokuni hitsu (brush of the 79-year-old Toyokuni). Depicting two female figures dressed in kimonos decorated with flowers and handling paper and scrolls
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Makers and roles
after Utagawa Kunisada (Tokyo 1786 - Tokyo 1864), artist