Preaching to the Cormorant Fishermen on the Isawagawa in Kai Province (Kai Isawagawa ugai bokon 甲斐 石和川鵜飼亡魂 道), from the series “Abridged Illustrated Biography of the Founder [Nichiren]” (Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu 高祖御一代略圖)
Preaching to the Cormorant Fishermen on the Isawagawa in Kai Province (Kai Isawagawa ugai bokon 甲斐 石和川鵜飼亡魂 道), from the series “Abridged Illustrated Biography of the Founder [Nichiren]” (Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu 高祖御一代略圖)
Preaching to the Cormorant Fishermen on the Isawagawa in Kai Province (Kai Isawagawa ugai bokon 甲斐 石和川鵜飼亡魂 道), from the series “Abridged Illustrated Biography of the Founder [Nichiren]” (Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu 高祖御一代略圖)
Preaching to the Cormorant Fishermen on the Isawagawa in Kai Province (Kai Isawagawa ugai bokon 甲斐 石和川鵜飼亡魂 道), from the series “Abridged Illustrated Biography of the Founder [Nichiren]” (Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu 高祖御一代略圖)

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Preaching to the Cormorant Fishermen on the Isawagawa in Kai Province (Kai Isawagawa ugai bokon 甲斐 石和川鵜飼亡魂 道), from the series “Abridged Illustrated Biography of the Founder [Nichiren]” (Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu 高祖御一代略圖),

ca. 1835

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, 1798–1861
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
1996-216

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Title
Preaching to the Cormorant Fishermen on the Isawagawa in Kai Province (Kai Isawagawa ugai bokon 甲斐 石和川鵜飼亡魂 道), from the series “Abridged Illustrated Biography of the Founder [Nichiren]” (Koso go-ichidai ryakuzu 高祖御一代略圖)
Dates

ca. 1835

Maker
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 22.7 x 34.7 cm. (8 15/16 x 13 11/16 in.) sheet: 24.4 x 35.8 cm. (9 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne van Biema
Object Number
1996-216
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
preachers, cormorants, fishing, figures (representations), men

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