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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Tairyo kujira no nigiwabi (Crowds out to view captured whale)
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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Tairyo kujira no nigiwabi (Crowds out to view captured whale)
Woodblock print, triptych, each signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Maruya Seijiro (Jukakudo), circa 1851-53
Vertical oban triptych: 14 1/8 x 10 in. (35.9 x 25.4 cm.) each approx.
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Tairyo kujira no nigiwabi (Crowds out to view captured whale)
Woodblock print, triptych, each signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Maruya Seijiro (Jukakudo), circa 1851-53
Vertical oban triptych: 14 1/8 x 10 in. (35.9 x 25.4 cm.) each approx.
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Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, Massachusetts
Literature
The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Massachusetts: The Raymond A. Bidwell and Bertha U. Bidwell Fund, 1968), pl. 66.
Exhibited
“Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA”, exh. cat. p. 88, no. 18, exhibited at the following venues:
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4 October, 1994
“Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1980, exh. cat. pl. 156
“Exhibition of Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Riccar Art Museum, Tokyo, 23 November-24 December, 1978, exh. cat. pl. 284
Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, 4 June-3 July, 1994
Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, 16 July-21 August, 1994
Yokkaichi Municipal Museum, Mie Prefecture, 1 September-4 October, 1994
“Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1980, exh. cat. pl. 156
“Exhibition of Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Riccar Art Museum, Tokyo, 23 November-24 December, 1978, exh. cat. pl. 284
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