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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1896
People
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Japanese (1780-1850)
Title
Monkey and Papier-mâché Dog, from the series A Collection of Thirty-Six Birds and Animals (Sanjūroku tori zukushi)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Sanjūroku tori zukushi:
Classification
Prints
Work Type
surimono, print
Date
Edo period, circa 1825
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207704

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in shikishi format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper with printed signature reading "Hokkei"
Dimensions
paper: H. 21.2 x W. 18.1 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Hokkei

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
1933.4.1896
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 167

Verification Level

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