Shugyodo Umekuni (active circa 1816-1830) Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1864), Two woodblock prints, Edo period, 19th century
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Description
each a woodblock print, and comprising:
- Clam Gathering at the Sumiyoshi Inlet (Sumiyoshi ura no hamaguri-dori), from the series Modern Beauties and Scenes of the East (Tosei bijo Azuma fukei), signed Shikitei Umekuni, published by Tenmaya Kihei (Kinkado), circa 1826-38
- Memorial Portrait of the actor Bando Mitsugoro III, shini-e, right sheet of a diptych, signed Kochoro Kunisada ga (Pictured by Kochoro Kunisada), censor's seal kiwame (approved), published by Omiya Heihachi, 12th month 1831
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Each vertical oban:
The first: 52 x 40.2 cm., 20½ x 15⅞ in. (including the frame); 36.6 x 24.5 cm., 14½ x 9⅝in. (the print within the frame)
The second: 52 x 40.2 cm., 20½ x 15⅞ in. (including the frame); 35 x 23.9 cm., 13¾ x 9⅜ in. (the print within the frame)
For an impression of the complete diptych of the second print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.40165, go to:
