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Tawara no Tōta and the Giant Millipede at Lake Biwa

Artist/Maker (Japanese, active 1704–1731)
Date1731
MediumWoodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
DimensionsVertical hosoban; overall: 12 15/16 × 6 1/16 in. (32.9 × 15.4 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
Object number1950.175
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
Japanese Prints from the Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 1979 - October 21, 1979 )
Visions of Turmoil and Tranquility: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2005 - December 23, 2005 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Collections
  • Asian