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URL: web-kiosk.scrippscollege.edu/objects-1/info/15835

Toyohara Kunichika, Japanese, (1835–1900)
Blue Figure, 1886
Ink on Paper
13 5/8 in. x 8 15/16 in. (34.61 cm x 22.7 cm)


Object Type: Print
Technique: Wood-block Printing
Period: Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer
Accession Number: 93.3.175


Alternate Title: Zanaku sanjuroku bijin: Nabeshima no uba shizue
Full Title: Thirty-six Beauties of Virtue and Vice: Blue Figure

Commentary
Similar to 93.3.57.

Marks
Seals in the upper right, right side- center, lower right, and lower left edge (in red). Box with Japanese text printed in the upper part of the image. Signed: Toyohara Kunichika hitsu. Seal: Toshidama. Carver: Horiko Gin. "256" in pencil on mat.

Medium
Colored ink on paper; woodblock print.

Object Description
Meiji period color woodblock print with an image of a woman, with clasped hands, praying in a waterfall (of various bold blue tones).

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