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Eight-headed Dragon (Yamata no Orochi)

Eight-headed Dragon (Yamata no Orochi)

(Japanese, 1764–1824)
about 1809 (Bunka 6)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 39.7 x 26.3 cm (15 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1163
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ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1900, purchased by Denman Waldo Ross from Yamanaka & Co., New York; 1906 gift of Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, Massachusetts to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)
Gray Starling (Hakutô-ô) in Loquat Tree, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)
Gray Starling (Hakutô-ô) in Loquat Tree, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
1790s
Yellow Warbler and Peony, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)
Yellow Warbler and Peony, reprinted from the album Kaihaku raikin zui (A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
1790s
Street Scene at New Year, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)
Street Scene at New Year, from the album Spring in the Four Directions (Yomo no haru)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
1796 (Kansei 8)
No. 4, Pulling Rice Seedlings from the Seedling Bed (Nawashiro no nae o hiku tokoro), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)
No. 4, Pulling Rice Seedlings from the Seedling Bed (Nawashiro no nae o hiku tokoro), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
No. 3: Using a Harrow to Prepare the Fields (Maguwa ni te ta o narasu tei), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)
No. 3: Using a Harrow to Prepare the Fields (Maguwa ni te ta o narasu tei), from the series Women Farming (Onna kôsaku)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
Tomoe Gozen
Tomoe Gozen
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
about 1787–90 (Tenmei 7–Kansei 2)
Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shûgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shûgetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
Matsuchiyama, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Matsuchiyama, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
late 1780s--early 1790s
Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
Sunset Glow at Seta (Seta sekishô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Sunset Glow at Seta (Seta sekishô), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yûsuzumi no kei)
Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yûsuzumi no kei)
Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)
about early 1790s