id: 149144
accession number: 1977.68
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.68
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Memorial Portrait of Matsumoto Kōshirō V, Age 75, c. 1838. Utagawa Kunihide (Japanese, active 1820s-1850s). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.5 x 26.1 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Claude Cassirer 1977.68
title: Memorial Portrait of Matsumoto Kōshirō V, Age 75
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creation date: c. 1838
creation date earliest: 1838
creation date latest: 1839
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creditline: Gift of Claude Cassirer
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culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique: color woodblock print
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Print
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CREATORS
* Utagawa Kunihide (Japanese, active 1820s-1850s) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 37.5 x 26.1 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
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inscription: Signed: 一峯斎国英画
Publisher: 川正（川口屋正蔵）
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1977
opening date: 1977-12-28T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978: Year in Review 1977.
College of Wooster, 1981: Japanese Prints and Ceramics from The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, and The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College.
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PROVENANCE
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fun fact:
This kabuki actor was known for playing bad guys. His fans would have collected this portrait as a memento following his death in May 1838.
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web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.68/1977.68_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.68/1977.68_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.68/1977.68_full.tif