Advanced Search
Advanced Search

The Akuta River Episode from Tales of Ise


伊勢物語 芥川
Ishikawa Toyonobu (Japanese, 1711–1785)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1765 (Meiwa 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 68.2 x 9.5 cm (26 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6253
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #67; Waterhouse, Images of Eighteenth-Century Japan (1975), #51
Signed Tanjôdô Ishikawa Shûha ga
胆條堂石川秀芭豊信図
Marks Artist's seal: Toyonobu
InscriptionsPoem, by Oku Iwase Tôso: Oni kuwan/ susuki ga naka no/ ominaeshi
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.