Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873) | Operating the Giant Puppet in the Grounds of Asakusa Kinryuzan (Asakusa Kinryuzan keidai ni oite oningyo zenmai shikake no zu) | Edo period, 19th century

The Property of a Gentleman

Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873) 

Operating the Giant Puppet in the Grounds of Asakusa Kinryuzan (Asakusa Kinryuzan keidai ni oite oningyo zenmai shikake no zu)

Edo period, 19^th century 

woodblock print, triptych, the right sheet signed Gyokuransai Sadahide ga, the centre and left sheets signed Gyokuran Sadahide ga, censor's seals Muramatsu (Muramatsu Genroku) and Yoshimura (Yoshimura Gentaro), published by Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyudo) in 1847

Vertical oban triptych: 

Each sheet approx. 37.3 x 25.4 cm., 14¾ x 10 in.