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地獄太夫|The Hell Courtesan

Utagawa Kunisada II 二代歌川国貞

late 1850s

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

Image: 65 in. × 39 3/4 in. (165.1 × 101 cm) Overall with mounting: 8 ft. 3 in. × 46 in. (251.5 × 116.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2023

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Utagawa Kunisada II 二代歌川国貞

1823 –1880 • Japanese

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