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UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Goldfish, Killifish, Stingray and Puffer Fish
Details
UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861)
Goldfish, Killifish, Stingray and Puffer Fish
Woodblock print, two vertical chutanzaku on an uncut oban sheet, signed Chooro Kuniyoshi ga and Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshodo), circa 1837
Vertical oban: 15 ¼ x 10 ¼ in. (38.7 x 26 cm.)
Goldfish, Killifish, Stingray and Puffer Fish
Woodblock print, two vertical chutanzaku on an uncut oban sheet, signed Chooro Kuniyoshi ga and Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshodo), circa 1837
Vertical oban: 15 ¼ x 10 ¼ in. (38.7 x 26 cm.)
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. 47.
Exhibited
“Ukiyo-e from The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA”, exh. cat. p. 114, no. 77, 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. 63-64
“Exhibition of Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Riccar Art Museum, Tokyo, 23 November-24 December, 1978, exh. cat. pl. 217-218
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. 63-64
“Exhibition of Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kuniyoshi”, Riccar Art Museum, Tokyo, 23 November-24 December, 1978, exh. cat. pl. 217-218
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