Zen'aku shikiyoku nidô (The Twin Paths of Good and Evil, Form and Desire)

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Zen'aku shikiyoku nidô (The Twin Paths of Good and Evil, Form and Desire)

善悪色欲二道

Utagawa Kuniteru I (Sadashige) (Japanese, active about 1820–60)
Author: Rakutei Saiba (Japanese, 1799–1858)
Publisher: Hon'ya Matasuke (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1851 (Kaei 4, in colophon); preface dated 1849

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper

Dimensions Overall: 17.9 x 11.9 cm (7 1/16 x 4 11/16 in.); chûbon

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2019.1149

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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Signed Author: Rakutei Saiba saku; Artist: Utagawa Kuniteru ga
楽亭西馬作; 歌川国輝画

Provenance2019, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)