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Lion Training Cub

Lion Training Cub

漢獅子の子落し

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 71.7 x 24.7 cm (28 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6885

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, ôhaba #5

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.