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Kawanabe Kyōsai
Tale of the Tongue-cut SparrowJanuary, 1892

Not on view
Japanese woodblock triptych print with three panels: a thatched structure on a rocky bluff at left, a circular vignette of robed figures in motion at center, and a standing traveler with a bundle looking upward at right, with cherry blossoms and mountains
Artist or Maker
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Japan, 1831-1889
Title
Tale of the Tongue-cut Sparrow
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
January, 1892
Medium
Triptych; color woodblock print, posthumous edition
Dimensions
Image: 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (34.29 × 24.13 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (36.83 × 24.77 cm) Frame: 24 × 36 1/2 × 1 in. (60.96 × 92.71 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.533a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art