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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.731.2
People
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Japanese (1798 - 1861)
Shikitei Sanba (1776 - 1822)
Title
Konoshiro Tomobei maboroshi sōshi (Ghost Story of Konoshiro Tomobei), printed edition
Other Titles
Original Language Title: こはだ小平次鱅頓兵衞敵討幻双紙 　中之巻
Transliterated Title: Kohada Koheiji Konoshiro Tomobei kataki uchi maboroshi sōshi chū no kan
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
Edo period, 1845
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/141383

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
closed (including cover): 17.9 × 11.8 × 0.3 cm (7 1/16 × 4 5/8 × 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.731.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Printed cover.
Publisher: Yoshidaya 吉田屋板.

Publication History

  • Kit Brooks and Tamara Schenkenberg, Living Proof: Drawing in 19th-Century Japan, exh. cat., Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis, 2017), p. 45, fig. 34; p. 56

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023
  • Living Proof: The Art of Japanese Draftsmanship in the 19th Century, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 11/03/2017 - 03/03/2018

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