Chikanobu Yoshu,
Japanese,
(1838–1912)
Parody of the 12 Zodiac Animals: Sheep, Ueno Zoo, 08/25/1893
Ink on Paper
9 1/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. (23 cm x 35 cm)
Parody of the 12 Zodiac Animals: Sheep, Ueno Zoo, 08/25/1893
Ink on Paper
9 1/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. (23 cm x 35 cm)
Object Type:
Print
Technique:
Wood-block Printing
Period:
Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Credit Line:
Purchased with funds from the Aoki Endowment for Japanese Arts and Cultures
Accession Number:
2005.1.51
Alternate Title:
Mitate junishi: Hitsuji, Dobutsuen Menyo
Commentary
Currently bound together with other 11 prints in the series in folding album.
Edition
Excellent impression and colors, fine gradations, shomen-zuri pattern on the last sheet (2005.1.55). Most of the sheets in the album are the first edition printing.
Marks
Signed: “Yoshu Chikanobu” with Nobuyuki
Medium
Colored ink on paper, sheets assembled in folding album format, red silk on the covers, woodblock prints.
Object Description
Two women accompany a young girl in the foreground, while at rear a man in kimono and Western style hat supervises his son and daughter petting a ram at the Tokyo Zoo, founded in1882 at Ueno Park. For more information, please refer to the Chikanobu exhibition catalogue.
Publisher
Morimoto Junzaburo
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