Matsue Jo Tenshukaku (Tower of Matsue Castle)
Un-ichi Hiratsuka, Japanese, 1895 - 1997
1931
Woodblock print on wove paper
Image: 17 5/16 × 19 15/16 in. (43.9 × 50.6 cm)
Sheet: 20 7/16 × 26 5/16 in. (51.9 × 66.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Colonel John L. Ames Jr., Class of 1916
PR.985.30.26
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right margin: Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1931; inscribed, lower left, in Japanese: [title]; stamped, in block, lower left: [artist's seal]
Course History
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023
Provenance
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.; sold to Colonel John Lincoln Ames, Jr. (1895-1996), Bethesda, Maryland, 1979; given to present collection, 1985.
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