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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2192
People
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Japanese (1726 - 1792)
Title
Animal Tale (Kedamono zukushi)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Kedamono zukushi
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Edo period, circa 11th month of 1790
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207001

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in horizontal "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Katsumiyagawa Shunshō ga"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 26.9 cm x W. 38.6 cm (10 9/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Katsumiyagawa Shunshō ga

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
1933.4.2192
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lawrence Bickford, Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, Kodansha International (Tokyo, Japan; New York, NY and London, England, 1994), Page 93 / Fig. 41

Verification Level

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