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「橋立雨中雷」
Ama no Hashidate in Rain and Lightning (Hashidate uchû kaminari), from an untitled series of landscapes
「橋立雨中雷」
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; 24.5 x 36.2 cm (9 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Keith McLeod
Accession Number52.1498
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Levine and Harkins, "A Posthumously Published Print Album by Kuniyoshi," Impressions 11 (summer 1985); 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