Painting, handscroll (BM 1982,0701,0.14 3), Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Summary
Painting, handscroll. Playful pictures (giga) on New Year subjects: branch of young pine with charcoal; dried persimmon; prawns; small lacquered table bearing cooked sea bream; sprays of camellia and cherry. Also pictures depicting: demons fleeing in confusion; beans being hurled at them at Setsubun festival; Daikoku and Jurojin with ladder; servant having his back massaged by old woman; Ushiwakamaru and Benkei; "wisteria maiden" washing her hair; catfish with gourd. Ink and light colour on paper. Signed, sealed and inscribed on accompanying letter and certificate.
Tags
prints
prints in the british museum
shibata zeshin
utagawa kuniyoshi
ukiyo e
woodblock prints
japanese art
handscrolls
asian art
japanese woodblock prints
japan
Date
1848
Source
British Museum
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Copyright info
public domain