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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.593.A
People
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Published by Murataya Jirobei
Title
Priest Huiyuan (Eon Hōshi), from the series Three Laughers at Children's Playful Spirits (Kokei ni sanshō)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 「児戯意乃三笑　恵恩芳子」
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1802 (Kyōwa 2)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208071

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
vertical ōban: H. 37.3 cm x W. 25.1 cm (14 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Utamaro hitsu
  • signature: Signature: Utamaro hitsu 哥麿筆

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
1933.4.593.A
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Masterworks of Ukiyo-e, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/20/1996 - 01/12/1997

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