Double-sided Key Block for Ukiyo-e Print

• Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (side a)
• Medium: Cherry wood
• Geographical Location: Japan
• Dates: ca. 1830
• Period: Edo Period
• Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 10 1/8 x 3/8 in. (39.4 x 25.7 x 1 cm)
• Collection: Asian Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5H19, 6E
• Accession Number: 2002.119.15a-b
• Image: "B", 2002.119.15b_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Side a: Toyokuni III (Kunisada) Three Women Musicians On a Balcony. A woodblock for ukiyo-e print of an autumn scene of women playing shamisen and biwa (musical instruments) with an attendant who carries tray with tea cup. Condition: Very good. Wood is stained black from ink used in printing. Side b: Keisai 18 Tokyo cuisine style dishes. (Tokyo ryori jyuuhachi sakana) Name of place: Sumiyoshi cho… (incomplete) The other name of place: Honya bakuro (bakuro) four Carver's name: Cho-ei Keyblock for outline of ukiyo-e print showing two women in a restaurant, holding papers in their hands. Condition: Few tiny breaks in outline. Old break (stable) at upper left.