A Collection of Pictures of Chignon Wigs to Put On
Artist
Toyohara Chikanobu(Japanese, 1838–1912)Japanese, 1838–1912
CultureJapanese
Titles
- A Collection of Pictures of Chignon Wigs to Put On
- Katsura-tsuke sokuhatsu zukai
Date1887
MediumWoodblock prints on paper
DimensionsSheet (Each): 14 1/16 × 9 3/16 in. (35.7 × 23.3 cm)
Overall: 14 1/16 × 27 9/16 in. (35.7 × 70 cm)
Overall: 14 1/16 × 27 9/16 in. (35.7 × 70 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Usha and Kumara Peddamathan, Leslie and Brad Bucher, Diane and H. John Riley Jr. in honor of Anne and Albert Chao, Raymond D. Brochstein, and Lenora Montgomery
Object number2022.35.A-.C
Non exposé
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Department
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Exhibition HistoryNA
Published References Andreas Marks, Publishers of Japanese Woodblock Prints: A Compendium, 2011, no. 556 Yoshu Chikanobu Memorial Exhibition, Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, 2012, p. 30, no. 29 Harvard Art Museums, object number 2007.214.116 (central sheet only) Tokyo Metro Library, object nos. 0732-C004-001, 0732-C004-002, 0732-C004-003 (multiple copies of each sheet) Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Detailed inscriptions describing the hairstyles will need to be further translated
Each sheet signed Yoshu Chikanobu hitsu with artist's red Toshidama seal, block carver's seal Horiko Gin, and dated Meiji nijunen gogatsu (Meiji 20 [1887], 5th month) within the publisher's cartouche shuppanjin Hayashi Kichizo (Tsutaya Kichizo of Koeido)
Each sheet signed Yoshu Chikanobu hitsu with artist's red Toshidama seal, block carver's seal Horiko Gin, and dated Meiji nijunen gogatsu (Meiji 20 [1887], 5th month) within the publisher's cartouche shuppanjin Hayashi Kichizo (Tsutaya Kichizo of Koeido)
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