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「日光裏見滝」
Waterfall Seen from Behind at Nikkô (Nikkô urami taki), from an untitled series of landscapes
「日光裏見滝」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Japanese
Taishô-era printing of Edo-period design?
early 20th century
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 26.5 x 37.5 cm (10 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1251
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Levine and Harkins, "A Posthumously Published Print Album by Kuniyoshi," Impressions 11 (summer 1985); another print in the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 46
DescriptionRobinson suggests a date of ca. 1840 for the series; but Levine and Harkins state that the design is one of an album of eight landscapes, published by Wakita in Osaka in the early twentieth century, after original designs by Kuniyoshi.
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
No censor's seal
Artist's seal: toshidama
Artist's seal: toshidama
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.