Biography of Tenjinsama (Sugawara no Michizane)

Details

• Title

  Biography of Tenjinsama (Sugawara no Michizane)

• Artist/maker

  Utagawa Toyoharu (1738 - 1814) (designer)

• Associated people

  Nishimuraya Yohachi (c. 1751 - c. 1870) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  late 18th - early 19th century (1771 - 1830)

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print › triptych print

• Dimensions

  mount 55.5 x 40.5 cm (height x width)
  sheet 25.5 x 37.6 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.4069

Our online collection is being continually updated. Find out more