Art Institute of Chicago
Smoking Dragon
Moriki RosetsuLinkedCulture matchlcp-a08eeed95827
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 43125
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This is a witty New Year’s image of an ash container of a smoking set ( tabakobon ). The ash from a pipe was usually knocked out and placed in a bamboo tube that formed a part of the smoking set. As such, this tube typically emitted a small trail of smoke. In the imagination of the artist, the tube held a fire-breathing dragon, emitting smoke from its mouth and lurking just inside.
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- Credit line
- Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
- Provenance
- Charles H. Mitchell (1910-1986), Tokyo; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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