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Catching Fireflies along the Uji River in Yamashiro Province
Catching Fireflies along the Uji River in Yamashiro Province
Object number1975.9.c

Catching Fireflies along the Uji River in Yamashiro Province

Date1861
Artist (Japanese, 1786-1864)
Artist (Japanese, 1826-1869)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet (Oban): 14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in. (37 x 25 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Louise Woodruff Johnston, class of 1922, Fund
On View
Not on view
Period19th c (Edo Period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed in block lower right: 豊国画 (Toyokuni ga)
InscribedOn recto, in block upper right: 山城宇治川蛍狩之図 (Catching Fireflies by the Uji River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ujikawa hotarugari no zu)
MarkingsOn recto, in block lower left, publisher's seal: 森治 (Moriji) On recto, in block upper lower left, censor's seal: Chicken 8 aratame; 改印：酉八改
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryFrances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY SECOND SIGHT: Originality, Duplicity, and the Object January 14-April 10, 2005
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