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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1726
People
Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Japanese (1786? - 1868)
Title
Flute Player Charming a Snake ("Snake" from the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
Edo period, dated 1833
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207857

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and mica on paper
Dimensions
Paper: H. 21.9 cm x W. 18.1 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.)

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
1933.4.1726
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore Robert Bowie and James T. Kenney, Art of the Surimono, exh. cat., Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN, 1979), Cat. No. 031 / p. 64

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