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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.214.96
People
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎, Japanese (1831 - 1889)
Title
School for Spooks (Bakebake gakkō), No. 3 from the series Drawings for Pleasure by Kyōsai (Kyōsai rakuga, dai san gō)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 暁斎楽画第三号 化化学校
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1874 (Meiji 7)
Period
Meiji era, 1868-1912
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/316932

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Technique
Woodblock print
Dimensions
vertical ōban: H. 35.6 cm x W. 23.7 cm (14 x 9 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.214.96
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Michael Dylan Foster, The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, University of California Press (Oakland, 2024), pp. 332-335, fig. 62

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/22/2016 - 01/08/2017

Verification Level

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