Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Even Though She Looks Old, She Is Really Young

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Even Though She Looks Old, She Is Really Young
  • Toshiyori no yona wakai hito do
Date1847–1848
PlaceJapan
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 1/2 × 10 in. (36.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton
Object number2007.5
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceShogun Gallery (Toni L. Hunter); purchase by Donor, April17, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed inscription in the upper left quadrant, which may be translated: “My face is composed of various people and I am very grateful. Thanks to others I’ve got the face of an individual.”

Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi Giga.
Two censor seals, recto lower left: "Kinugusa (Kinugusa Fusajiro), Hama Hama Yahei.

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