Urashima Tarō Leaving the Palace of the Dragon King of the Sea

Details

• Title

  Urashima Tarō Leaving the Palace of the Dragon King of the Sea

• Series

  Sketches by Yoshitoshi

• Artist/maker

  Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892) (designer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1886

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print › diptych print

• Dimensions

  mount 55.4 x 40.1 cm (height x width)
  print 37.1 x 25.4 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by George Grigs, Miss Elizabeth Grigs, and Miss Susan Messer, in memory of Derick Grigs, 1971.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1971.204.b

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