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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2847
People
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Japanese (1798 - 1861)
Title
Gio and Gijo, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 賢女烈婦傳　祗王　祇女
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
circa 1841-1842 (Tenpō 12-13)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206841

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
vertical ōban: H. 36.4 × W. 25.7 cm (14 5/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
  • signature: printed: 一勇斎国芳画 [Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi 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
1933.4.2847
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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