亜米利加国|American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku)
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image (a): 14 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (37.1 × 24.4 cm) Image (b): 14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.5 × 25.4 cm) Image (c): 14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.5 × 25.4 cm) Mat: 22 7/8 × 37 in. (58.1 × 94 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Accession Number
JP3275a–c
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa Yoshitora · 1845–1880
Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川 芳虎), also known by his art names Ichimōsai, Mōsai, and Kinchōrō, was a prolific ukiyo-e artist born in Edo (modern Tokyo), where he trained under the renowned Utagawa Kuniyoshi, recognized as his oldest pupil. Little is known of his early life, which remains sparsely documented, but his earliest works include illustrations for the book *Story of Karasu Kanzaemon’s Loyalty* in...