Shōki, the Demon Queller Artist: Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697–1756)

18th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Ukiyo-e: woodblock pillar print in beni-e or tan-e\r\n

Dimensions

sheet: 28 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (72.7 × 10.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse

Accession Number

1953.1.53

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Mrs. Jared Kirtland Morse (Caroline Roberts Morse) (1907–1982), Cromwell, Conn.; gifted in 1953 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • George J. Lee, Edo Culture in Japanese prints, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1972), 41, no. 1
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Inscriptions

publisher seal at low left (three triangles in a circle)

Signed

Senkadō Nishimur Shigenaga Hyakuju
仙花堂　西村重長　百壽
Nishimura Shigenaga of Senkadō celebrating One hundred years of age (i.e. longevity)
Artist's seal: Shigenaga (after the signature, square relief)

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