SPECIAL ADVISORY: The Yale University Art Gallery is open to the public with expanded hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and offers access to Yale ID holders on weekdays. Learn More

Asian Art
PrevNext1 of 5
Public domain
PrevNext2 of 5
Public domain
PrevNext3 of 5
Public domain
PrevNext4 of 5
Public domain
PrevNext5 of 5
Public domain
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1798–1861

Famous Seven Knowledgeable Priests

10th month, 1854

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

framed: 21 3/4 × 16 5/16 in. (55.2 × 41.5 cm)
sight in frame: 14 7/16 × 9 3/4 in. (36.6 × 24.8 cm)
Gift of John F. O’Brien
2017.50.5
Geography: 
Japan
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Prints
Provenance: 

John F. O'Brien, Mt. Pleasant, SC; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.