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The Fourth Shogun, Lord Ietsuna of the Gen'yûin; Yodai Gen'yûin-dono Ietsuna kô
The Fourth Shogun, Lord Ietsuna of the Gen'yûin; Yodai Gen'yûin-dono Ietsuna kô
The Fourth Shogun, Lord Ietsuna of the Gen'yûin; Yodai Gen'yûin-dono Ietsuna kô

The Fourth Shogun, Lord Ietsuna of the Gen'yûin; Yodai Gen'yûin-dono Ietsuna kô

Maker (Japanese, c. 1830 - 1874)
Date1875
MediumColor woodblock print
Dimensions14 x 19 1/4 in. (35.6 x 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Herman Pines in honor of Dr. Julius Steiglitz
Object number1989.14aa.1-3
Status
Not on view
Description

In 19th-century Europe the organic chemical industry made possible the synthesis of water-soluble aniline dyes. At first used to dye cloth, the affordable yet intense colors soon found their way into the studios of Japanese printmakers, where they were applied to all genres of print. The new Western colors became synonymous with celebratory depictions of the new social and political landscape in Meiji-period Japan. This album epitomizes the association of bright colors with the pageantry and building projects of the new regime.

 Resource: Chelsea Foxwell and Anne Leonard, Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints, exh. cat. (Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, 2012), p. 30.

Tôkyô meishi no uchi Sakurada zenzu (Full Picture of Sakurada in Tokyo's meisho)
Utagawa Kuniteru II (歌川 国輝 ニ代)
1869, 7th month
Tôkyô fûkei zu (Emperor arr Tokyo)
Utagawa Kuniteru II (歌川 国輝 ニ代)
1868, 8th month
Tokugawa-ke godaiki (The Tokugawa Shoguns)
Utagawa Kunitoshi (歌川国利)
1875, 3rd month
Biwa Lake
Tokuriki, Tomikichiro
circa 1940
Shrine in the Rain (Nikko Toshogu Shrine)
Tokuriki, Tomikichiro
n.d. (circa 1940)