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Umegonomi neya no utsuriga (Lingering plum scent in the sleeping chamber)(0017-0019) by Utagawa Kunisada — Japanese Three color woodblock printed volumes, c.1841

Umegonomi neya no utsuriga (Lingering plum scent in the sleeping chamber)(0017-0019)

by Utagawa Kunisada

Ukiyo-e
Date:
c.1841
Medium:
Three color woodblock printed volumes

Description

Three book covers lie side by side against a black background, each in muted blue-grey with a mottled, finely striated texture fading into a tan-orange panel at top bearing a vertical title label with black calligraphy. A single stylized plum blossom outlined in dark ink, accompanied by small round bud shapes, appears in the lower right of each cover, with a black single-character volume marker (人, 天, 地) at lower left. Utagawa Kunisada, 1836, three-volume woodblock-printed book covers for Umegonomi neya no utsuriga (Lingering plum scent in the sleeping chamber).

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The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Takamoto no kitsune and Segawa Kikunojo V as Izumi no Chieda-gitsune by Utagawa Kunisada

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Takamoto no kitsune and Segawa Kikunojo V as Izumi no Chieda-gitsune

1818

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō) by Utagawa Kunisada

Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)

1819

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Ochanomizu in the Mist by Utagawa Kunisada

Ochanomizu in the Mist

mid-19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Two Courtesans Enjoying the View from a Teahouse by Utagawa Kunisada

Two Courtesans Enjoying the View from a Teahouse

after 1844

Drawings intended as design for woodblock prints (triptych); ink and color on paper

Frequently Asked Questions

Umegonomi neya no utsuriga (Lingering plum scent in the sleeping chamber)(0017-0019) was created by Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) in c.1841.