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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1446
People
Yanagawa Shigenobu, Japanese (1787 - 1832)
Title
Sayohime Thwarting an Attacker, from the series Three Famous Women
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/208084

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yanagawa Shigenobu"
Dimensions
Paper: H. 20.6 cm x W. 17.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 7/8 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
1933.4.1446
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

Verification Level

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