Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi(Japanese, 1798–1861)Japanese, 1798–1861
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Scene from a Ghost Story: The Okazaki Cat Demon
Date1847–1848
Printed inJapan
MediumWoodblock printed triptych; ink and color on paper
DimensionsPlate or block (each): 14 × 9 3/4 in. (35.6 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 9 3/4 in. (35.6 × 24.8 cm)
Overall (assembled): 14 × 29 1/4 in. (35.6 × 74.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 9 3/4 in. (35.6 × 24.8 cm)
Overall (assembled): 14 × 29 1/4 in. (35.6 × 74.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Japan Business Association of Houston, Stephen Hamilton, and the Elizabeth S. and Marjorie G. Horning Asian Art Accessions Endowment
Object number2012.71.A-.C
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Right panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower right corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Middle panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower left corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Middle panel: recto: printed in ink, in image, center left edge: [figure title?]
Left panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower right corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Left panel: recto: printed in ink, in image, center left edge: [figure title?]
Middle panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower left corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Middle panel: recto: printed in ink, in image, center left edge: [figure title?]
Left panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower right corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Left panel: recto: printed in ink, in image, center left edge: [figure title?]
Right panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower right corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Middle panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower left corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Left panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower right corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Middle panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower left corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Left panel: recto: signed in ink, in image, lower right corner: (Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga)
Right panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, lower right corner: [seal, double sphere]
Right panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, bottom right edge: [seal]
Middle panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, lower left corner: [seal, double sphere]
Middle panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, bottom left edge: [seal]
Left panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, lower right corner: [seal, double sphere]
Left panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, lower right corner: [seal]
Morra C 353
Right panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, bottom right edge: [seal]
Middle panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, lower left corner: [seal, double sphere]
Middle panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, bottom left edge: [seal]
Left panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, lower right corner: [seal, double sphere]
Left panel: recto: stamped in ink, in image, lower right corner: [seal]
Morra C 353
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