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Detail of the leftmost print showing three yellow-brown houses and green forestry. Above,  vertically running scripture is shaped by orange debris to form a hump shape in the tan  sky.
  • Detail of the leftmost print showing three yellow-brown houses and green forestry. Above,  vertically running scripture is shaped by orange debris to form a hump shape in the tan  sky.

Inoue Yasuji 井上安治 (Tankei)

The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai (磐梯山噴火の圖 Bandaisan funka no zu)

Description

Maker

Inoue Yasuji 井上安治 (Tankei) (Japanese, 1864-1889)

Title

The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai (磐梯山噴火の圖 Bandaisan funka no zu)
磐梯山噴火の図

Period

Meiji Period

Year

1888

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 36.5 x 25 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Title in cartouche on upper right: ??????? (Bandaisan funka no zu - The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai)
Signed in lower right: ?? Tankei

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund

Object Number

2021.79.1a

Type

  • Prints

Related Objects

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Triptych print of a brown volcano erupting into a smoky tan sky. Below is a green terrain with three houses and a river.  The leftmost print features vertical scripture.

Inoue Yasuji 井上安治 (Tankei)

The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai (磐梯山噴火の圖 Bandaisan funka no zu), Meiji Period

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Inoue Yasuji 井上安治 (Tankei) (Japanese, 1864-1889)
The Volcanic Eruption of Mount Bandai (磐梯山噴火の圖 Bandaisan funka no zu); 磐梯山噴火の図, 1888
Polychrome Woodblock print
Vertical ōban: 36.5 x 25 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 inches)
Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund 2021.79.1a

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