Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 1312

Horse and Willow

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada歌川国貞
Date / 年代: 1830-1839
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録: 1408 × 2000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者: 小春ユイ
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

This print by Kunisada (1786-1864), a prolific and commercially highly successful artist, is very unusual, not just among Kunisada's works but among <i>ukiyo-e</i> prints ('pictures of the the floating world') in general. As many as three ink blocks and four Prussian blue blocks were used to create a painterly effect in which just a few brushstrokes convey the vitality and fine build of the horse.The seal appears to have been stamped in later by hand, rather than having been printed by a woodblock. This extremely rare work may have been produced as an experiment or a gift, rather than to be sold. Materials: Colour woodblock print

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