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Yanagawa Shigenobu

Huang Chuping with a stone Goat (Huang Chuping and the Goat), 1823/1

Description

Maker

Title

Huang Chuping with a stone Goat (Huang Chuping and the Goat)

Year

1823/1

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Length: 21.9 cm (8 5/8 inches)

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.7

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Marking the Occasion

February 3 - May 28, 2006

This print was a New Year’s greeting for 1823, the year of the goat. Huang Chuping was a Daoist adept who, after meditating for 40 years, found that he could bring life to his goats, which had turned to stone during his long retreat.

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