Cleveland Museum of Art
The Strange Occurrence of Ukiyo Matahei and his Famous Paintings
Utagawa KuniyoshiLinkedCulture matchlcp-342b9dd11d24
- Date
- 1853
- Medium
- diptych, color woodblock prints
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 95410
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
In this image, otsu-e folk heroes have seemingly come to life, leaving their shadowy figures in the paintings in front of the artist. Included among them are a demon ( oni ), a monkey, the wisteria maiden, and the bald, tall-headed God of Longevity, Fukurokuju. Ukiyo Matahei, also known as Iwasa Matabei, was a famous printmaker who is also thought to have been a painter of otsu-e.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Provenance
- ?–1916: Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1916–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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