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Inukawa Sōsuke
Inukawa Sōsuke
Object number1987.20.83

Inukawa Sōsuke

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series The Lives of Eight Brave and Loyal Dog Heroes
Date1848-49
Artist (Japanese, Utagawa, 1798 - 1861)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e): ink and color on paper
Credit LineGift of Justine Lewis Keidel, class of 1937
On View
Not on view
Period19th c (Edo period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, upper left, artist's signature in gourd-shaped cartouche, in block: 一勇斎国芳画 (Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga)
InscribedOn recto, upper right, in block: 義勇八犬伝　犬川荘介 (The Lives of Eight Brave and Loyal Dog Heroes; Giyū hakken den)
MarkingsOn recto, upper left, censors' seals in block: 福、村松 (Fuku, Matsumaru)
BibliographyCenturies of Change: 18th to 20th Century Prints, Selections from the Permanent Collection, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1989)Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Centuries of Change: 18th to 20th Century Japanese Prints, Selections from the Permanent Collection," March 20 - May 8, 1989
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