The Great Elephant from a Foreign Land (Ikoku watari dai zo no zu)
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
32485
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Utagawa Yoshiharu · 1828–1888
**Utagawa Yoshiharu (1828–1888)** was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer and book illustrator active in Edo (modern Tokyo) during the late Edo and early Meiji periods. Born in Honjo as the third son of a samurai, he trained first under Yanagawa Shigenobu II before becoming a pupil of the renowned Utagawa Kuniyoshi, through whom he entered the vibrant Utagawa school tradition. Yoshiharu worked acro...