Gama Sennin, the Toad Spirit, teaching Yoshikado and his sister Takiyasha the Arts of Magic
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1798 - 1861
1845
Color woodblock print (Triptych)
Sheet: 14 5/16 × 9 13/16 in. (36.4 × 25 cm)
Overall: 14 5/16 × 29 3/8 in. (36.4 × 74.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
2008.62
Geography/Culture
Asia, East Asia, Japan
Period
19th century
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Signed, Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga Inscribed and signed in various cartouches throughout; 1 stamp repeats on each sheet, another stamp is on 2nd and 3rd sheets
Course History
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2015
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2015
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2015
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2013
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2012
Exhibition History
Narratives in Japanese Woodblock Prints, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 27-June 9, 2019.
Japanese Prints in the Hood Museum of Art: Recent Acquisitions, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire [in conjunction with The Women of Shin Hanga: The Judith and Joseph Barker Collection of Japanese Prints, April 6-July 28, 2013.
Provenance
Sebastian Izzard LLC, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2008.
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