1985.774: Suikoden (Tales of the Water Margin)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.774

People

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Japanese (1798 - 1861)
Author: Ryūtei Tanehiko (1783 - 1842)

Title

Suikoden (Tales of the Water Margin)

Other Titles

Original Language Title: 水滸伝第七編　上下
Transliterated Title: Suikoden dai nanahen jo ge
Alternate Title: Haishi Suikoden (People's History of the Suikoden)

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript

Date

Edo period, 1829

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/211305

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Paper cord bound draft book; ink on paper

Dimensions

closed (including cover): H. 17.5 cm x W. 12.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia

Accession Year

1985

Object Number

1985.774

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Paper cover.

Publication History

• Kit Brooks and Tamara Schenkenberg, Living Proof: Drawing in 19th-Century Japan, exh. cat., Pulitzer Arts Foundation (St. Louis, 2017), p. 44, fig. 32; p. 56

Exhibition History

• Living Proof: The Art of Japanese Draftsmanship in the 19th Century, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 11/03/2017 - 03/03/2018

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