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“One-Legged Umbrella Monster” (Kasa ippon ashi)

Creator Name

Gosōtei Hirosada 五粽亭広貞

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

1857

About the Work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description
Woodblock print

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Title

“One-Legged Umbrella Monster” (Kasa ippon ashi)

Creator

Gosōtei Hirosada 五粽亭広貞, Japanese, active ca. 1819–63, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); vertical chūban

Dimensions

Image: 9 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (24.1 × 18.1 cm);
height: 24.130049centimetre;
width: 18.097536centimetre

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Language

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Date

1857

Provenance

Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2011

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

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Public Domain

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Subjects

Men; Actors; Umbrellas

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Gosōtei Hirosada 五粽亭広貞, “One-Legged Umbrella Monster” (Kasa ippon ashi), 1857, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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