| Maker(s): | Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
| | Culture: | Japanese (1786-1864)
| | Title: | The Syllable I for the Battle of Ichinotani: Actors Ichikawa Ebizo V as Kumagai and Kawarazaki Gonjuro I as Atsumori, from the series Seisho nanatsu iroha [Seven Calligraphic Models for Each Character in the Kana Syllabary]
| | Date Made: | ca. 1855
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Color woodblock print (woodcut) on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Mat: 18 in x 14 in; 45.7 cm x 35.6 cm; Sheet: 13 13/16 in x 9 9/16 in; 35.1 cm x 24.3 cm; Image: 13 13/16 in x 9 in; 35.1 cm x 22.9 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink in red toshidama cartouche): [Japanese character, Sensho nanatsu iroha]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Ichinotani / Kumagai / Atsumori]; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink in red cartouche): [Japanese character, Toyokuni ga]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink partly trimmed): [Japanese character, Aratame (?)]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink partly trimmed): [Japanese character, Shin roku (?)]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink partly trimmed): [Japanese character, Fuji kei (?)]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1970.189.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Dorothy Cogswell
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A vertical print divided into three part: upper right part with the series title inscribed in red cartouche; upper left part with black and white inscriptions; lower part with two ferocious figurines dressed in military armors, wrestling with each other, set against a blue wavy background. (Subject: the 7 variant (hentaigama) forms for the sounds of the iroha syllabary; in this case for the syllable "i," depicting the Genji warrior, kumagai and the youthful Taira warrior, Atsumori).
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