{"secondaryobjectnumber":null,"periodterms":[{"id":2033917,"period":"Meiji"}],"creditline":"Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund","caption":"Japanese, Meiji era (1868–1912), Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国) (1786–1865; born and died Tokyo, Japan), and Hashimoto Sadahide 橋本貞秀 (1807–1873), Interior of the Gankirō Tea House (Butterfly Opera), 1861. Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper; 36.5 x 25 cm, 36.5 x 25 cm (sheet), 52.1 x 89 cm (mat). Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund (2006-61 a-c)","cultureterms":[{"id":2033838,"culture":"Japanese"}],"type":"artobject","dimensionsproposed":"","terms":[{"id":2055657,"term":"figures (representations)","aatid":300189808,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2033917,"term":"Meiji","aatid":300018567,"termtype":"Period / Style"},{"id":2054726,"term":"woodblock prints","aatid":300041405,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2034112,"term":"Japanese printmaking styles","aatid":300106750,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2158052,"term":"butterflies","aatid":null,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2088280,"term":"women","aatid":300025943,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2054256,"term":"prints","aatid":300041273,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2171676,"term":"tea ceremonies","aatid":null,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2087381,"term":"teahouses","aatid":300007956,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2033838,"term":"Japanese","aatid":300018519,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2054328,"term":"oban","aatid":300041290,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2122486,"term":"operas","aatid":300255765,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2054328,"term":"oban","aatid":300041290,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2055845,"term":"color","aatid":300056130,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2167672,"term":"ink","aatid":300015012,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2155120,"term":"woodcut (process)","aatid":300053296,"termtype":"Techniques"},{"id":2043820,"term":"paper","aatid":300014109,"termtype":"Materials"}],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place made: Asia, Japan","code":"Place made","continent":"Asia","subcontinent":null,"country":"Japan","region":null,"state":null,"city":null,"county":null,"subregion":null,"locale":null,"locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":"http://www.geonames.org/1861060/japan.html","location":{"lat":"","lon":""}}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"mat","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"52.10"},{"element":"mat","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"89.00"},{"element":"sheet","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"36.50"},{"element":"sheet","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"25.00"}],"markings":null,"accessionyear":"2006-01-01","newaccession":0,"makers":[{"id":2892,"displayname":"Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国)","displaydate":"1786–1865; born and died Tokyo, Japan","datebegin":1786,"dateend":1865,"prefix":null,"suffix":null,"role":"Artist","displaymaker":"Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国), 1786–1865; born and died Tokyo, Japan","displayorder":3},{"id":12867,"displayname":"Hashimoto Sadahide 橋本貞秀","displaydate":"1807–1873","datebegin":1807,"dateend":1873,"prefix":"and","suffix":null,"role":"Artist","displaymaker":"and Hashimoto Sadahide 橋本貞秀, 1807–1873","displayorder":4}],"datecomputed":1861,"signed":null,"restrictions":null,"classification":"Prints","packages":[{"packageid":216435,"name":"2022_ART100_10_31&11_02-04"},{"packageid":218101,"name":"web_TDC-Final [5]"},{"packageid":220938,"name":"web_2000-2022printacquisitions"},{"packageid":194452,"name":"PUAM_World of Prints"},{"packageid":223835,"name":"TDC-Final [5]"},{"packageid":196242,"name":"web_2021_01_ArtForStreets"},{"packageid":35688,"name":"web_WOPSR_MeijiPrints_2015_03-10"},{"packageid":36401,"name":"web_wopsr_2015-03_section1"},{"packageid":231120,"name":"2023_ART100_10_09-13"},{"packageid":234043,"name":"TDC-Final [6]"},{"packageid":241081,"name":"TDC-Final [7]"},{"packageid":89550,"name":"web_wopsr_stage_2016_10"},{"packageid":173776,"name":"web_wopsr_2019-10_section1"},{"packageid":174315,"name":"web_WOPSR_MeijiPrints_2019-10-20"},{"packageid":207234,"name":"SAB_Gala2021"}],"catalograisonne":null,"classifications":[{"id":2054726,"classification":"woodblock prints"},{"id":2054328,"classification":"oban"},{"id":2054256,"classification":"prints"},{"id":2034112,"classification":"japanese printmaking styles"}],"exhibitions":[{"exhibitionid":1489,"citation":"Encounters: Conflict, Dialogue, Discovery, Princeton University Art Museum (July 14– September 23, 2012)","isvirtual":true,"begindate":"2012-07-14","enddate":"2012-09-23","uri":"https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/1489"}],"cultures":[{"id":13690,"culture":"Japanese","alphasort":"Japanese","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayculture":"Japanese","displaydate":null}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/2006-61A-C"],"displaytitle":"Interior of the Gankirō Tea House (Butterfly Opera)","displayculture":"Japanese","displaymaker":"Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国), 1786–1865; born and died Tokyo, Japan | and Hashimoto Sadahide 橋本貞秀, 1807–1873","captionhtml":"Japanese, Meiji era (1868–1912), Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国) (1786–1865; born and died Tokyo, Japan), and Hashimoto Sadahide 橋本貞秀 (1807–1873), <i>Interior of the Gankirō Tea House (Butterfly Opera)</i>, 1861. Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper; 36.5 x 25 cm, 36.5 x 25 cm (sheet), 52.1 x 89 cm (mat). Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund (2006-61 a-c)","displaydate":"1861","medium":"Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper","media":[{"id":14424,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/2006-61A-C","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"}],"displayperiod":"Meiji era, 1868–1912","extended_content":false,"campuscollections":"false","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2006,\" <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum </em>66 (2007): p. 41-74.","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2006,\" <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum </em>66 (2007): p. 41-74., p. 69 (illus.)","date":2007,"id":3000,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/20442628"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[{"id":12591,"period":"Meiji era","alphasort":"Meiji era","begindate":1868,"enddate":1912,"displayperiod":"Meiji era, 1868–1912","displaydate":"1868–1912"}],"department":"Asian Art","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199319,"term":"Asian Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"},{"id":2199327,"term":"Prints and Drawings","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1850-1900","dateend":1861,"depicted":[],"titles":[],"hasimage":"true","creditlinerepro":null,"objectnumber":"2006-61 a-c","inscribed":"Toyokuni “signature” on all three prints, carver’s name on all three prints, censor seal on all three prints, publisher’s seal on all three prints, name of teahouse “Gankirō” in center print, top, inscriptions and signature of Sadahide on left and right prints, including “Gountei”, “Sadahide”, and alternate titles for triptych.","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"<span lang=\"EN\">\n<p align=\"left\" dir=\"ltr\">This collaboration between Sadahide and his teacher Kunisada presents a humorous twist on the foreigners’ section of the entertainment halls at the Gankirō brothel in Yokohama. Genji, the fictional hero of the eleventh-century romantic epic the <i>Tale of Genji</i>, surprisingly turns up, seated front and center, while the women of the establishment do their best to provide him with suitable refreshments and entertainment. At left two Chinese merchants look in through the window; in the back right corner, a party of Western guests dines, oblivious to the performance going on at center. Calligraphy decorating the wall to the right reads, \"Foreign customers at the Gankirō.\"</p></span>","remarks":"Asian rotation May 2018"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<font color=\"#7030a0\"><span lang=\"EN\">–2006\tSebastian Izzard LLC, Asian Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2006.\n</span></font><p align=\"LEFT\" dir=\"LTR\"></p>\n\n\n\n","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Description","textentryhtml":"A humorous twist on the entertainment halls of the Gankirō brothel in Yokohama unfolds in this collaboration between Sadahide and his teacher Kunisada. The fifteenth-century version of the hero of the eleventh-century romantic epic the <em>Tale of Genji</em> turns up in the segregated foreigners' section of the brothel, and the women of the establishment do their best to provide suitable entertainment. Chinese merchants observe the spectacle through the window while a party of Western guests dines before a dance performance, oblivious to the central performance. The faux Chinese calligraphy scroll decorating the wall to the right reads, \"Foreign customers at the Gankirō.\"","remarks":"as per object file"}],"datebegin":1861,"sortnumber":"2006   61 a    c","published_date":"2026-03-25 09:33:45.506478","objectid":49798,"dimensions":"each sheet: 36.5 x 25 cm. (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)\r\nmat: 52.1 x 89 cm. (20 1/2 x 35 1/16 in.)","on_view":false}