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Asian Art
Public domain
Artist, attributed to: Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760–1849

Boy Climbing Up a Tree to Catch a Dragonfly

18th–19th century

Brush and ink on paper

unframed: 23 3/8 × 10 3/8 in. (59.4 × 26.4 cm)
framed: 40 × 15 in. (101.6 × 38.1 cm)
Yale University Art Gallery
1938.247
伝　葛飾北斎　蜻蛉を追う樹上の子供　紙本墨書　江戸時代
Geography: 
Japan
Status: 
By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: 
Paintings
Provenance: 

Yamanaka & Co., New York; purchased in 1938 by Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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.