Rabbit (U 卯): The Mountain Witch of the Ashigara Mountains (Ashigarayama no Yamauba 足柄山の姥), from the series Selected Histories for the Twelve Zodiac Signs (Mitate jūni shi 見盾十二史)
Rabbit (U 卯): The Mountain Witch of the Ashigara Mountains (Ashigarayama no Yamauba 足柄山の姥), from the series Selected Histories for the Twelve Zodiac Signs (Mitate jūni shi 見盾十二史)

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Rabbit (U 卯): The Mountain Witch of the Ashigara Mountains (Ashigarayama no Yamauba 足柄山の姥), from the series Selected Histories for the Twelve Zodiac Signs (Mitate jūni shi 見盾十二史),

ca. 1845 [Kōka 2]

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, 1798–1861
Text by Ryukatei Tanekazu
Published by Enshūya Matabei 遠州屋又兵衛
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2004-483

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Title
Rabbit (U 卯): The Mountain Witch of the Ashigara Mountains (Ashigarayama no Yamauba 足柄山の姥), from the series Selected Histories for the Twelve Zodiac Signs (Mitate jūni shi 見盾十二史)
Dates

ca. 1845 [Kōka 2]

Maker
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
Text by Ryukatei Tanekazu
Published by Enshūya Matabei 遠州屋又兵衛
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
35.7 x 25.3 cm. (14 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Remak Ramsay, Class of 1958
Object Number
2004-483
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
Marks/Labels/Seals
Publisher’s seal of Yenshu-ya Matabei, red chrysanthemum seal Censor’s seal “Mura” ca. 1845
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
zodiac symbols, figures (representations), musical instruments, women, rabbits

–1988 James R. Baker Antiques, Inc.; sold to Remak Ramsay (New York, NY), lot 28A, Dec. 1988.
1988–2004 Remak Ramsay (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004.

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