Woodblock Print

About this object

Narrative

The print is signed Toyokuni ga (豊國画). From around 1850 on, almost all his prints have the signature enclosed in a Toshidama waku (年玉枠) or cartouche. By around 1860 most prints were only signed with Toyokuni ga (豊國画) in these cartouches (mostly red but sometimes yellow).

Physical description

Print showing a man in a vertically striped brown kimono and a black over-kimono. He is holding a fan in front in his right hand. Both hands appear hairy. The backgound is light yellow-brown. Black written characters along the top. In the upper right corner, there is a vertically rectangular, red seal. In the lower left, there is a vertically rectangular, black seal. In the lower right corner, there are five seals, three of which are black circles, one of which is a vertically rectangular, yellow seal, and the other one of which is a vertically rectangular, red and yellow seal. The print is vertically rectangular.