Spinning-top Monsters Performed by Takezawa Tōji II

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Spinning-top Monsters Performed by Takezawa Tōji II

竹沢藤次　独楽の化物

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1844 (Tenpō 15/Kōka 1)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ōban; 26.1 x 37.9 cm (10 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Bequest of Ellen Starkey Bates

Accession Number64.486

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné http://blog.livedoor.jp/misemono/archives/cat_50048967.html; Iwakiri 2011, #379; Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #190; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #295; Suzuki 1992, #337

Signed Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：村松
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. James Davis of Hampton Falls, NH; 1964, sold by Mr. and Mrs. James Davis to the MFA. (Accession date: April 8, 1964.)