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Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Tortoise Carrying the Isle of the Immortals on His Back, Edo Period

Maker

  • Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Title

Tortoise Carrying the Isle of the Immortals on His Back

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Privately commissioned woodblock print (surimono)

Techniques

  • Privately commissioned woodblock print (surimono)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 21.3 x 18.3 cm (8 3/8 x 7 3/16 inches)

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.55

Tortoise Carrying the Isle of the Immortals on His Back

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 17, 2010 - April 17, 2011

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008

Marking the Occasion

February 3 - May 28, 2006

Marking the Occasion

September 15 - December 3, 2000

Surimono

June 9 - September 8, 1998

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 15, 1995 - March 10, 1996
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