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Source Description

Hironobu was probably a pupil of Hirosada. He designed fewer prints than his contemporary Yoshitaki, but these included comic subjects as well as actor prints.

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Document identity
localId
21308
label
Ichikawa some
core
obj
dtoType
print
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21308
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Ichikawa some
description
Hironobu was probably a pupil of Hirosada. He designed fewer prints than his contemporary Yoshitaki, but these included comic subjects as well as actor prints.
provenance
Justine Lewis Keidel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1986, by gift.
date
ca. 1851-1858 (late Edo)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26
height
19.2
dimensionsRaw
10 1/4 x 7 9/16 in. (26 x 19.2 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] On print: Hironobu; [Inscription] On print: Hyakusho; [Translation] farmer
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14917
2359
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9b22da95cafbb58b