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Maker(s):Utagawa Yoshitora; Yamadaya Shōjirō, publisher
Culture:Japanese (active ca. 1850–1880); Japanese (active ca. 1851–1866)
Title:A Brand New Grid of Warriors [Shinpan musha shaku]
Date Made:1854
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Place Made:Tokyo
Measurements:overall: 14 3/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 36.5 cm x 24.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.494
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
2005-494.jpg

Description:
vertical ōban; musha-e; possibly a sumizuri-e, though more likely a key block print for nishiki-e

Label Text:
The title of this print appears at top-right, while the artist and publisher are identified in the inscriptions at top-left. At center of the upper border is the mark of publisher Yamadaya Shōjirō of the firm Kinkyōdō. The two circular seals on either side of the publisher's mark are the aratame seal (right) and the date seal (left) of the official censor, which indicate a date of inspection and approval the fourth lunar month of 1854 (Kaei 7).

Tags:
figures; warriors; historical figures; square; black and white

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