Key Block for Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond

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Key Block for Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond

Japan, circa 1889
Tools and Equipment; printing equipment
Carved cherry wood
Image: 13 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.; (33.3 x 21.9 cm); Block: 15 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 5/8 in. (38.4 x 26.9 x 1.5 cm)
Herbert R. Cole Collection (M.84.31.23)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Keyes, Roger and George Kuwayama.  The Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi: The Herbert R. Cole Collection.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.