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八岐の大蛇
Eight-headed Dragon (Yamata no Orochi)
八岐の大蛇
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai) (Japanese, 1764–1824)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1809 (Bunka 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.7 x 26.3 cm (15 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1163
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark, Marks #U501; dated by Marks to around 1809.
Signed
Kitao Masayoshi ga
北尾政美画
北尾政美画
Provenance1900, purchased by Denman Waldo Ross from Yamanaka & Co., New York; 1906 gift of Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, Massachusetts to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)