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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1975
People
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Japanese (1780-1850)
Title
Chinese Warrior (Ryūhō) Killing a Dragon
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Ryūhō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
Edo period, early 19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206710

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper with printed signature reading "Nansotoka Hokkei ga"
Dimensions
paper: H. 20.7 x W. 18.7 cm (8 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Nansotoka Hokkei ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.1975
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 185

Verification Level

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