Parody of the Killing of the Nue, from the series Picture Siblings
Kitagawa Utamaro, Parody of the Killing of the Nue, from the series Picture Siblings, ca. 1798, color woodblock print on paper; nishiki-e, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Asian Art Auction Proceeds, public domain, 2014.13.1
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- Title
Parody of the Killing of the Nue, from the series Picture Siblings
- Related Titles
original language: 鵺退治
series (original language): 絵兄弟
series (translated): Picture Siblings
series (transliterated): E-kyôdai
transliterated: Nue taiji
- Artist
- Related People
- Date
ca. 1798
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #303.1, and pl. 151; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 164.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #395; the series: Asano and Clark 1995, #s 259-61 (this design not illustrated
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 15 1/8 in x 9 15/16 in; sheet: 15 5/16 in x 10 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
publisher's mark: 浅草かや町 近江屋, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Asakusa Kayamachi Oomiya (Omiya of Asakusa Kayamachi) Language: Japanese Description: publisher's mark for Oomiya Gonkurô
signature: 哥麿筆, printed in black ink, center left Transliteration (Translation): Utamaro hitsu (By Utamaro) Language: Japanese
title: 鵺退治, printed in black ink, upper left, at the upper left of the inset picture Transliteration (Translation): Nue taiji (Killing the Nue) Language: Japanese Description: title of the inset scene
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Asian Art Auction Proceeds
- Accession Number
2014.13.1
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2019 Curator's Choice: Japanese Print Acquisitions of the Past Decade Portland Art Museum
