Woman Reading Libretto for Butterflies Amidst Flowers (Hana no chō)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1933.4.1514
People: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Japanese (Katsushika, Musashi 1786 - 1864)
Title: Woman Reading Libretto for Butterflies Amidst Flowers (Hana no chō)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: surimono, print
Date: c. 1823-1825
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/207814

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

Technique

Woodblock print

Dimensions

Shikishiban: H. 22.0 cm x W. 18.8 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Ōju Kunisada 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: 1933.4.1514
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Commissioned by Ryūōtei Edo no Hananari (Sono no Kōchō).

Publication History

Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 297

Verification Level

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