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Utagawa Hirokage

Great battle between the troops of the fish and vegetables

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hirokage (Japanese, fl. 1855-1865)
Bunsuke Tsujiokaya (Japanese), publisher

Title

Great battle between the troops of the fish and vegetables

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1859

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

35.9 x 24.3 cm (14 1/8 x 9 9/16 inches) (plate) Mat size: E; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-2005

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hirokage ga

Seals: Publisher's seal; censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1859

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1997.90.4C

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking, Part I
The Heroic, Bizarre, and Supernatural
Sep 09, 1998 – Dec 06, 1998

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Utagawa Hirokage (Japanese, fl. 1855-1865)
Bunsuke Tsujiokaya (Japanese), publisher
Great battle between the troops of the fish and vegetables, 1859
polychrome woodblock print
35.9 x 24.3 cm (14 1/8 x 9 9/16 inches) (plate) Mat size: E; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-2005
Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs 1997.90.4C

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