Japanese Woodblock Prints

Japanese Woodblock Prints

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) | The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu (Minamoto Yorimitsu ko no yakata ni tsuchigumo yokai o nasu zu) | Edo period, 19th century

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)

The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu (Minamoto Yorimitsu ko no yakata ni tsuchigumo yokai o nasu zu)

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, triptych, the right and left sheets signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (Pictured by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi), published by Ibaya Senzaburo (Dansendo) in 1843


Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 36.9 x 25.5 cm., 14½ x 10 in.

For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Edo Tokyo Museum, source ID 92200444-92200446, go to:

https://museumcollection.tokyo/en/works/6248070/