Benkei Stealing the Bell of Mii-dera
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1798 - 1861
1845
Color woodblock print (triptych, oban tate-e)
Overall: 14 7/16 × 9 15/16 in. (36.7 × 25.3 cm)
Overall: 14 7/16 × 9 7/8 in. (36.7 × 25.1 cm)
Overall: 14 7/16 × 10 in. (36.7 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through gifts, by exchange
2006.81
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Censor's Seal: Mura; Block cutter: Horikawa Takejiro; signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
Course History
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2012
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2013
ARTH 65, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2015
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 62.3, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
ARTH 62.30/ASCL 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2021
ARTH 62.30/ASCL 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2022
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2023
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Japanese Prints in the Hood Museum of Art: Recent Acquisitions, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire [in conjunction with The Women of Shin Hanga: The Judith and Joseph Barker Collection of Japanese Prints, April 6-July 28, 2013.
Japanese Prints of the Mid-Nineteenth Century: 1830-1865, Sebastian Izzard LLC, New York, New York, September 20-October 24, 2006.
Provenance
Sebastian Izzard LLC, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2006.
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