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Smoky (Kemuttai)/ Red Frogs from Tanba Province (Tanba aka kairu), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)


「山海愛度図会 けむつたい 丹波赤かゐる 六十七」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Other artist: Utagawa Yoshitori-jo (Japanese, 1839–about 1870)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Tsuge Shôjirô (Hori Shôji) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1247
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri 2011, #227; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3017; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), list #117
DescriptionNo. 67 in the series.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (main design); Otori ga (inset)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Shôji
Artist's seal: kiri
改印:衣笠、村田、子十二
彫師:彫庄治
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.