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Iris and Dragonfly

Iris and Dragonfly

(Japanese, died in 1856)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper
Dimensions21.5 x 16.8 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession number54.322
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)
Illustration from the Book Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki (Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki kanchû ryakuzu): The Wolf Yamao Attacks a Giant Serpent on Behalf of His Master and Leaves His Bones in the Mountains (Yamao--ôkami no na nari--shû no tame ni orochi o kande sanchû ni mukuro o todomu)
Illustration from the Book Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki (Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki kanchû ryakuzu): The Wolf Yamao Attacks a Giant Serpent on Behalf of His Master and Leaves His Bones in the Mountains (Yamao--ôkami no na nari--shû no tame ni orochi o kande sanchû ni mukuro o todomu)
Manjirô Hokuga
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Group shot: 11.26890-2
Illustration from the Book Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki (Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki kanchû ryakuzu): The Wolf Yamao Attacks a Giant Serpent on Behalf of His Master and Leaves His Bones in the Mountains (Yamao--ôkami no na nari--shû no tame ni orochi o kande sanchû ni mukuro o todomu)
Manjirô Hokuga
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Group Shot: 17.3209.51-3
Illustration from the Book Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki (Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki kanchû ryakuzu): The Wolf Yamao Attacks a Giant Serpent on Behalf of His Master and Leaves His Bones in the Mountains (Yamao--ôkami no na nari--shû no tame ni orochi o kande sanchû ni mukuro o todomu)
Manjirô Hokuga
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Image Not Available for Kyôka zoku taikyokushû
Kyôka zoku taikyokushû
Manjirô Hokuga
1836 (Illustration in vol.5)
Miscellaneous subjects
Manjirô Hokuga
1854 (Ka'ei 7/ Ansei 1)
Man eating
Miscellaneous subjects
Manjirô Hokuga
1854 (Ka'ei 7/ Ansei 1)
Woman
Miscellaneous subjects
Manjirô Hokuga
1854 (Ka'ei 7/ Ansei 1)
Image Not Available for Album of drawings
Album of drawings
Manjirô Hokuga
A Young Samurai Punishing a Scoundrel
A Young Samurai Punishing a Scoundrel
Manjirô Hokuga
about Ka'ei (1844–48) - Ansei (1854–60) eras
Tiger in a Thunder Storm
Manjirô Hokuga
Kôka era (1844–48) - Ansei 3 (1856)
White Heron and Snowy Willow Tree
White Heron and Snowy Willow Tree
Utagawa Toyohiro
Courtesan and Kamuro
Courtesan and Kamuro
Kitagawa Utamaro II