1933.4.1895: Cat and Toy Butterfly, from the series A Series of Thirty-Six Creatures (Sanjūrokkin tsuzuki)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1895
- People
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Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Japanese (1780-1850)
- Title
- Cat and Toy Butterfly, from the series A Series of Thirty-Six Creatures (Sanjūrokkin tsuzuki)
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: （七宝連） 三十六禽続
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- surimono, print
- Date
- circa 1825
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/207663
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
- Dimensions
- shikishiban: H. 21.9 cm x W. 18.6 cm (8 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (printed) Hokkei
- signature: printed, lower right: 北渓 [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
- 1933.4.1895
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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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