1928.14.135: Hour of the Tiger [4am] (Tora no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seirō jūni toki tsuzuki)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1928.14.135
- People
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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Japanese (d. 1806)
Published by Tsutaya Jûzaburô
- Title
- Hour of the Tiger [4am] (Tora no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seirō jūni toki tsuzuki)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 「青楼十二時 続 寅ノ刻」
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1794 (Kansei 6)
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/209412
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, and metallic filings on paper
- Technique
- Woodblock print
- Dimensions
- vertical ōban: H. 37.1 cm x W. 25 cm (14 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Utamaro hitsu
- signature: Signature: Utamaro hitsu 歌麿筆
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Osborn Taylor
- Accession Year
- 1928
- Object Number
- 1928.14.135
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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