Shashin (Photograph), from the series Kaika ninjō kagami (Modern Models of Manners)
Toyohara Kunichika, Shashin (Photograph), from the series Kaika ninjō kagami (Modern Models of Manners), 1878, color woodblock print on paper; nishiki-e, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council, public domain, 2022.24.1
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- Title
Shashin (Photograph), from the series Kaika ninjō kagami (Modern Models of Manners)
- Related Titles
original language: 写真
series (original language): 開花人情鏡
series (translated): Modern Models of Manners
series (transliterated): Kaika ninjō kagami
translated: Photograph
transliterated: Shashin
- Artist
- Related People
carver: Watanabe Eizō (Japanese, 1833-1901)
publisher: Maruya Tetsujirō (Japanese, active ca. 1849-1897)
- Date
1878
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
Image/sheet: 14 in x 9 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: 客の度量と光線の加減と // 脈で識る間合。程よく合せる口まいに。 // 流す薬剤も暗きをとし。機械の // 足のやりどころ。丁度図星とあてがいて。 // 布をッてさし込むがらす。少しの間の // 辛抱と身動きもせぬ其中に味く写した手練の // わざまひ / 長谷川一嶺記, printed in black ink within framed rectangular cartouche on blue-white ground, upper left Transliteration: Kyaku no doryō to kōsen no kagen to // myaku de shirumai hodo yoku awaseru kuchimai ni // nagasu yakuzai mo kuraki o yoshi toshi kikai no // ashi no yari dokoro chōdo zuhoshi to ategaite // nuno o makutte sashikomu garasu sukoshi no aida no // shinbō to miugoki mo senu sono naka ni umaku utsushita shuren no // wazamai / Hasegawa Itsune ki Description: Commentary on taking a photograph by Hasegawa Itsune 長谷川一嶺
artist's seal: [toshidama seal, 年玉印], printed in red (below artist's signature) on a white reserve ground, within a rectangular cartouche, center left Translation: [toshidama seal, a round shape representing four coins twisted in cloth] Description: Toshidama seal used extensively by Toyohara Kunichika throughout his career.
date; publisher's mark: 御届明治十一年四月二日 // 通二丁目四番地 / 出版人小林鉄次郎 // 浅草小島卅五バンチ / 画工荒川八十八, printed in black ink in rectangular cartouches on yellow and blue grounds, center left Transliteration (Translation): Mi-todoke Meiji jūichinen shi gatsu futsuka // Tori ni-chōme yon-banchi / Shuppan-nin Kobayashi Tetsujirō // Asakusa Kojima-chō sanjūgo-banchi / gakō Arakawa Yasohachi (Registered April 2, Meiji 11 [1878] // Publisher Kobayashi Tetsujiro, 4th block, 2nd area on street // artist Arakawa Yasohachi, Asakusa Kojima district, number 35) Language: Japanese Description: Arakawa Yasohachi was a pseudonym of Toyohara Kunichika.
carver's mark: 彫栄, printed in black ink within blue cartouche to right of signature, center left Transliteration (Translation): Hori Ei (carved [by] Ei[zō]) Language: Japanese Description: Seal of the carver Watanabe Eizō 渡辺栄蔵, 1833-1901
signature: 豊原国周筆, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on white reserve ground, center left Transliteration (Translation): Toyohara Kunichika hitsu (brushed [by] Toyohara Kunichika) Language: Japanese
series title; title: 開花人情鏡 / 写真, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on blue, white, and green ground, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Kaika ninjō kagami / shashin (Modern Models of Manners / photograph) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council
- Accession Number
2022.24.1
- Copyright
public domain
