Gok'koku o Gankirō sakamori no zu|The Five Nations Enjoying a Drunken Revel at the Gankirō Tea House
12th month, 1860
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image (a): 14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm) Image (b): 14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm) Image (c): 14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.224a–c
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About the Artist
Utagawa Yoshiiku · 1833–1904
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904) was a prolific Japanese woodblock print artist and journalist who lived through one of the most turbulent and transformative periods in his country's history, the transition from the Edo period through the Meiji Restoration. A student of the celebrated Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Yoshiiku inherited his master's taste for bold compositional drama and dynamic figuration, applying...