Rooster (Tori 酉): Kaidōmaru (怪童丸), from the series “Heroes Representing the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac” (Buyū mitate jūnishi 武勇見立十二支)
Rooster (Tori 酉): Kaidōmaru (怪童丸), from the series “Heroes Representing the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac” (Buyū mitate jūnishi 武勇見立十二支)

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Rooster (Tori 酉): Kaidōmaru (怪童丸), from the series “Heroes Representing the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac” (Buyū mitate jūnishi 武勇見立十二支),

ca. 1840 [Tenpō 11]

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, 1798–1861

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1946-387

Information

Title
Rooster (Tori 酉): Kaidōmaru (怪童丸), from the series “Heroes Representing the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac” (Buyū mitate jūnishi 武勇見立十二支)
Dates

ca. 1840 [Tenpō 11]

Maker
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

37.2 x 12.6 cm. (14 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Professor C.R. Hall, for the Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection

Object Number
x1946-387
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures

signed center left: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga 一勇斎国芳画

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

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