- Bib ID:
- 4593593
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
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- Description:
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- [Japan : s.n. ; 1842-1850 ]
- 3 prints on hōsho paper : woodblock, col. 36.5 x 25.3 cm. each
- Summary:
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Japanese print shows turtles with human faces looking around.
- Notes:
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- Title from item.
- Only two sheets out of three in the set. Not digitized.
- Signature: rei no tōri Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga.
- Ukiyoe prints of actors and prostitutes were banned in Tenpō 13 [1842] and this painting was depicting Kabuki actors, in the form of turtles.
- NLA's copy is made of 2 out of 3 sheets. The one in the middle lacks.
- Signature: 例の通一勇斎国芳画.
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Engraving
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1861
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1850
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