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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1448
People
Yanagawa Shigenobu II, Japanese (fl. c. 1820)
Title
Kurokata, from the series Comparisons of Perfumes
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208080

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Yanagawa Shigenobu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 21.2 cm x W. 18.1 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Yanagawa Shigenobu

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
1933.4.1448
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 353

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