The Story of Ikkyū and Jigokudayū

A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures

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Title The Story of Ikkyū and Jigokudayū Ikkyū Jigokudayū no hanashi 一休地獄太夫之話
Series title A New Selection of Eastern Brocade Pictures 新選東錦繪
Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date 22/3/1886
Publisher Tsujiokaya Tsunajima Kamekichi (Kinkodō/Tōsendō) 辻岡屋綱島亀吉 (錦亀堂/島鮮堂)
Woodcarver Watanabe Yatarō 渡辺弥太郎
City Tokyo
Signature Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal Taiso 大蘇
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) hori Yata 彫弥太
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban diptych
Object number SH2018-DM-172
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma