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Model Elephant with Mechanical Figures (karakuri)

Model Elephant with Mechanical Figures (karakuri)

からくり人形をのせた模型の象

Komatsuken (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1765 (Meiwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28.5 x 21.7 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4525

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #628; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 606; Gentles, AIC cat. II (1965), p. 179, #11

Signed Unsigned
無款

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Hirakawa Kenkichi; March 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.