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Collections

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Otsuma and Hachirobei: The Unagidani Scene of Urami no Samezaya (The vengeful sharkskin scabbard), New Edition, Part Onecirca early 1830s

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in layered kimono holding an infant, surrounded by overlapping sheets covered in cursive Japanese script
Artist or Maker
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Japan, Edo, 1786-1865
Title
Otsuma and Hachirobei: The Unagidani Scene of Urami no Samezaya (The vengeful sharkskin scabbard), New Edition, Part One
Date Made
circa early 1830s
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 15 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (38.74 × 26.51 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (38.74 × 26.51 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.87
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography

  • Goodall, Hollis. Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Barbara S. Bowman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2015.

  • Goodall, Hollis. "Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Collection of Barbara S. Bowman." Arts of Asia 46, no.1 (2016): 44-52.