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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Famous Places of the East: The Ancient Incident of Umewaka and the Child Seller beside the Sumida River1883

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Japanese woodblock triptych print, nighttime shoreline scene with three figures beneath a flowering cherry tree, full moon reflected on deep teal water

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Famous Places of the East: The Ancient Incident of Umewaka and the Child Seller beside the Sumida River, 1883, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title
Famous Places of the East: The Ancient Incident of Umewaka and the Child Seller beside the Sumida River
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1883
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Triptych; color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 13 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (35.2 x 70.4 cm); Paper: 13 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (35.2 x 70.4 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.537a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected 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.