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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.214.92.1-3
People
Utagawa Yoshitsuya, Japanese (1822 - 1866)
Published by Kiya Sōjirō (木屋宗次郎) (active c. 1851-1904)
Title
Shuten dōji at Ōeyama (Ōeyama Shuten dōji)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 「大江山酒呑退治」
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/316921

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
vertical ōban triptych: H. 37.3 cm x W. 77.5 cm (14 11/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga (each sheet)
  • signature: Signature: Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga 一英斎芳艶画 (on each sheet)
  • collector's mark: Unidentified collector's seal on right sheet reading 「合」.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.214.92.1-3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Triptych: 2007.214.92.1 (right), 2007.214.92.2 (center), 2007.214.92.3 (left)

Publication History

  • Andreas Marks, Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1680-1938, Taschen (Köln, 2019), pp. 457, 472-475, cat. 153

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