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Japanese printing block (both sides key blocks), verso titled "shinpan tako zukushi kiso ita" (design for kites on a wood board)

Artist Japanese woodblock carver
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, b.1786, Edo (present day Tokyo) - d.1864, Edo, Japan)
Artist Utagawa Fusatane (Japanese, active 1849-1870)
CultureJapanese
Datelate 18th or early 19th century
Mediumwood printing block carved on both sides
Dimensions15 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 1/8 in. (39.4 × 26 × 0.3 cm)
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineGift of Thomas S. Michie, Class of 1978
Terms
  • printmaking t&e
Object numberM.2023.22.3
Inscribedrecto signed Kunisada and verso titled 新 板 凧 つ く し 木 宗 板 shinpan tako zukushi kiso ita (design for kites on a wood board) and signed Fusatane
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceThe Michie family, Worcester, MA; by inheritance to Thomas Michie, 1999; to present collection, 2023
Teaching events
Amy Holzapfel, THEA 301, s24