A Tale with Three Themes: a Chinese, a Wicker Trunk, Levitation (Tōjin tsuzura chūnori

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A Tale with Three Themes: a Chinese, a Wicker Trunk, Levitation (Tōjin tsuzura chūnori - Sandaibanashi)

1863-1864

Artist/maker unknown, Japanese

This image derives from a form of entertainment whereby a storyteller would improvise a tale around any three topics proposed by his audience.

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Object Details

Title:

A Tale with Three Themes: a Chinese, a Wicker Trunk, Levitation (Tōjin tsuzura chūnori - Sandaibanashi)

Date:

1863-1864

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Japanese

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Sheet (Ōban tate-e): 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (36.2 × 24.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund and with funds contributed by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, Dr. Emanuel Wolff, the Derald and Janet Ruttenberg Foundation, Mrs. Edward G. Budd, Jr., and David P. Willis, 1968

Accession Number:

1968-165-125

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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