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Dongfang Shuo (Tôhôsaku) Stealing the Peaches of Immortality, from the series A Set of Five Examples of Longevity (Kotobuki goban no uchi)


「寿五番ノ内」 東方朔
Yanagawa Shigenobu I (Japanese, 1787–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1823 (Bunsei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 22 x 18.7 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9255
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Rijksmuseum, Surimono: Poetry and Image (2000), #105; Rijksmuseum cat. III, Hokusai and His School (1982), #272; Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 395
DescriptionOne poem translated in Polster & Marks, Surimono (1980), p. 381.
Signed (seal only)
Marks Artist's seal: Yanagawa
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.