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Illustrations of All Secret Countries (Ban inkoku no zu)

ca. 1823-1826

Not on view

This rare print depicts fanciful scenes of foreign lands. The artist utilized a Dutch engraving of the Colossus of Rhodes, on of seven wonders of the ancient world as his model for the centrl figure in the composition. Sexual imagery was accepted and common subject matter in Japanese art of the period.

Attrib. To: Keisai Eisen
Attrib. To, or: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Illustrations of All Secret Countries (Ban inkoku no zu)
Date: ca. 1823-1826
Object Type: Print
Medium: color woodcut double oban surimono
Dimensions: Image: 389 x 516 mm (15 5/16 x 20 5/16 in.) two sheets
Credit Line: Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund
Accession Number: 1996.144