The Present World in Pictures (Ukiyo Gafu)

Keisai Eisen, Japanese, 1790 - 1848

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about 1836

Book of color woodblock prints on paper

Overall: 9 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (23.5 × 16.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

PR.947.24.6

Geography

Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019

ARTH 62.30/ASCL 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2022

Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints Allen Hockley, Spring 2023

Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023

Provenance

Estate of Curtis Hidden Page (1870-1946), Dartmouth Professor of English Literature, 1911-1946; sold to present collection, 1947.

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