Furukawa Hiroo; Ofuji kitsune unagi 古川広尾・尾藤狐鰻 (The Restaurant Ofuji at the Furukawa in Hiroo) and Kitsune Tadanobu 狐忠信(Bando Mitsugorō III in the role of the Fox Tadanobu)
1852
2017.67
Not currently on view
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14-3/4 x 9-15/16 in. (sheet)
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Inscribed name of location, restaurant, and famous dish; name of role [actor not named but identity known through date of play] Signed in upper left of landscape inset: Hiroshige 広重 Signed in toshidama cartouche: Toyokuni ga 豊国画 Publisher's mark: Dōri aburachō Fujikei 通油町ふじ慶 [Fujiokaya Keijirō of the Shorindō] Censors: Kinugasa and Murata Date seal: year of the rat [1852], 12th month
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Art Study Group of the Alliance in honor of IMA docents, Marni Fechtman and Jane Noland
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Asian Art (Japanese and Korean)
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(Scholten Japanese Art, New York, New York); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2017.
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