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Sheet of Letter Paper: Demon Carrying a Temple Bell


釣鐘をかつぐ鬼 (便箋)
Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1870s–1880s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 32.5 x 24 cm (12 13/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession NumberRES.64.22
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 148, #1343 (key block print of picture only)
Signed Seisei Kyôsai
惺々狂斎
Marks Artist's seal: Kiga (or Gaki?)
Provenance1964, purchased by the MFA from Mrs. Joseph McGoldrick, Brooklyn, New York. (Accession Date: November 12, 1964)