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Satô Tadanobu Killing Yokawa Kakuhan (Calendar for 1765)

Satô Tadanobu Killing Yokawa Kakuhan (Calendar for 1765)

佐藤忠信が横川覚範を討つ図

Artist unknown, Japanese
Formerly attributed to: Tachibana Minkô (Japanese, active about 1764–1772)

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

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

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 20.4 x 27.4 cm (8 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6309

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #702; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 665

DescriptionThe small red seal at right gives the cyclical date, and calendrical numbers are hidden in the clothing and the snow on the cliff.
No other impression is known.

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks Blockcutter: Horikô Takahashi Gyokushi

ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.