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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Namakubi Rokuzō Watching a Head Fly through the Air1866, 2nd month

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Japanese woodblock print with bold outlines showing a seated tattooed man in a patterned indigo robe looking up at a floating disembodied head with streaming black hair, surrounded by columns of Japanese text

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Namakubi Rokuzō Watching a Head Fly through the Air, 1866, 2nd month, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title
Namakubi Rokuzō Watching a Head Fly through the Air
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1866, 2nd month
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 13 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (33.66 × 23.65 cm) Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 5/16 in. (34.93 × 23.65 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.100
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art