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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1890
People
Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Japanese (1780-1850)
Title
Golden Dolphin Finial (Kanshi surimono for Fukunoya Uchinari[?], leader of the Shippō Group)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, surimono
Date
Edo period, circa 1830-1835
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207702

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Paper: H. 21.0 cm x W. 18.1 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.1890
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 169
  • Marie Culver, "Surimono Analysis of Metals and Examination of Techniques Used in Japanese Prints" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1984), Unpublished, pp. 1-30 passim

Verification Level

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