1933.4.1514: Woman Reading Libretto for Butterflies Amidst Flowers (Hana no chō)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1514
- People
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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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