The Star Descends on Echi on the Thirteenth Night of the Ninth Month (Kugatsu jusan yoru Echi shoko), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)"

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title

The Star Descends on Echi on the Thirteenth Night of the Ninth Month (Kugatsu jusan yoru Echi shoko), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality)

Date

1825–1840

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

25.2 × 37.7 cm (9 15/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Stein

Reference Number

1968.732

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