DepartmentAsia
Heroes going into the Mountain of Hell
NamePrint
Artist or maker
HASEGAWA Konobu I
(Japanese, 1848 - 1940)
CultureJapanese
Date1875 (Meiji 8th Period)
Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia
MediumPaper, ink, adhesive
Dimensions14 5/16 × 19 11/16 in. (36.3 × 50 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2019.15.1
Terms
- value (economic concept)
Object numberFA.2019.15.1
ProvenancePurchased on Etsy by Curator Felicia Katz-Harris from AfterFutures, London-based collectors. They purchased from a Japanese online auction.
DescriptionWoodblock print board game featuring samurai and monsters; The primary color of this woodblock print print is red with details in blue, yellow, purple and pink. The print has comicbook-like layout comprised of 23 different scenes and two large pink blocks with black Japanese characters inside.
Artist not recorded
Artist not recorded
ca. 1960s
!["The Syllable Wi (ゐ) for Revenge of the Cripple (Izari no adauchi - ゐさりの仇うち)” [Iwai Kumesaburō III as Hatsuhana and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Katsugorō]; from the Series: “The Seven Variations of the Iroha (Seisho Nanatsu Iroha)”](/internal/media/dispatcher/143458/thumbnail)
CA 1960, STAFF
MID 20TH C., STAFF