Samegai: Kanai Tanigoro Killing the Alligator in the Snow, no. 62 from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳
(Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher
Tsujiokaya Bunsuke 辻岡屋文助
Date1852
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in. (36 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioThe Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō (Kisokaidō rokujukutsugi no uchi)
Object number1950.646
Status
Not on viewMasterpieces of Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 11, 1984 - January 27, 1985 )
Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 20, 1986 - July 20, 1986 )
Kuniyoshi's Kisokaido
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 23, 1999 - May 31, 1999 )
A Life in Prints: Mary A. Ainsworth and the Floating World
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2015 - June 7, 2015 )
Collections
- Asian
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