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Subject:Need help to ID these Japanese woodblock prints
Posted By: Andy Thu, Nov 21, 2019 IP: 203.221.179.72

Greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me identify these 2 woodblock prints. Any info or help will be really appreciated. Thanks in advance!







Subject:Re: Need help to ID these Japanese woodblock prints
Posted By: manuD Thu, Nov 21, 2019

The left print is by Toyokuni III, the right one by Nisaburo Ito

- details of left print

red cartouche : artist's signature (Toyokuni ga with toshidama seal)

2 round seals : left is date seal Tiger 7 (1854, 7th month), right is aratame censor seal

seal with carver's name (竹)

seal with publisher's name (Daikokuya Heikichi)

large cartouche is role : 森之助妻更科 [princess] Sarashina wife of [samurai] Morinosuke

Subject:Re: Need help to ID these Japanese woodblock prints
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Nov 21, 2019

The left-hand woodblock of the first two shown above is signed by Tokokuni III, the assumed name of Utagawa Kunisada I, and has other marks indicating it was published in 1854 (year of the Wood Tiger) by Daikokuya Heikichi. It is the left panel of a triptych by this artist, as shown complete in the following link to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/486630/actors-nakamura-fukusuke-i-as-yamanaka-shikanosuke-nakamura?ctx=aa2639ce-7dfa-40ac-aae4-0ed6b272617b&idx=101

The other woodblock, is a more modern print from publisher Uchida and signed "Onisaburo" (仁三郎), an artist previously identified by this forum's I. Nagy as Deguchi Onisaburo (出口王仁三郎)1871-1948). See the embedded link below for the earlier thread concerning Onisaburo.

Best regards,

Bill H.

URL Title :Onisaburo


Subject:Re: Need help to ID these Japanese woodblock prints
Posted By: Stan Thu, Nov 21, 2019

The left print is by Kunisada. It is the left panel of a triptych. The Boston MFA has the full triptych. I tried to find it at the MFA and gave up. If you want complete info, I leave the search to you (www.mfa.org). You can see the complete triptych here:

https://ukiyo-e.org/image/mfa/sc188937

The right print is by Ito Nisaburo. You can see more about it at the link below.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Temple with Laterns


Subject:Re: Need help to ID these Japanese woodblock prints
Posted By: Andy Thu, Nov 21, 2019

Thank you very much, guys! Really appreciate your answers.

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Subject:Re: Need help to ID these Japanese woodblock prints
Posted By: Stan Fri, Nov 22, 2019

I screwed that up. Try the link below.

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Temple with Lanterns



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