- Date:
- 1867 (Meiji 1)
- Medium:
- Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
- Source:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description
This 1867 Metropolitan Museum of Art triptych of woodblock prints by Hasegawa Sadanobu I dates to the last year of the Tokugawa shogunate (Meiji 1 in the Western calendar shift) and represents Sadanobu in his late period, when both Osaka kabuki print culture and the Tokugawa political order were on the verge of dramatic transformation. The triptych format — three coordinated oban sheets forming a single horizontal composition — was the more ambitious Edo-school scale, and its use here signals Sadanobu's full mastery of the various Japanese print formats beyond his core Osaka chuban work. Accessioned as JP3345 with overall dimensions of 14 3/4 by 29 3/4 inches, the print preserves Sadanobu's contribution to the visual record of late-Tokugawa theatrical and urban culture at the moment of its disappearance, on the eve of the Meiji Restoration that would reshape every aspect of Japanese commercial print production within a single decade.
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Ichikawa Norinosuke and Ichikawa Yonejuro as Morihachi and Yonehachi, Two Comedians
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Kinkakuji seen in Falling Snow
1836-1870
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Night View of the Yamato Tea-house in Nawate Dori Seen from Shijo Bridge
1836-1870
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View of Mount Atago (Atago-yama no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
1870-71
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More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
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Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
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The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
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Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Print was created by Hasegawa Sadanobu I (長谷川貞信) in 1867 (Meiji 1).
Print depicts landscapes.