1933.4.1808: Monkey Riding Tortoise, from the series Fairy Tales of Wisdom, Benevolence, and Bravery (Mukashibanashi chi jin yū), with poems by Tetsu no ya Masanari, Matsu no ya Hananari, Kane no ya Terunari and Kyōkadō
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1808
- People
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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
- Title
- Monkey Riding Tortoise, from the series Fairy Tales of Wisdom, Benevolence, and Bravery (Mukashibanashi chi jin yū), with poems by Tetsu no ya Masanari, Matsu no ya Hananari, Kane no ya Terunari and Kyōkadō
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Mukashibanashi chi, jin, yū
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- print, surimono
- Date
- Edo period,
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/207591
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono"; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Paper: H. 20.5 cm x W. 17.8 cm (8 1/16 x 7 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (printed) Onajimi oyaji Katsushika Iitsu hitsu
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
- 1933.4.1808
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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