Casting a Mantra on the Waves at Kakuta on His Exile to Sado Island (Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku), 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

Casting a Mantra on the Waves at Kakuta on His Exile to Sado Island (Sashu rukei Kakuta nami daimoku), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of the Great Priest [Nichiren] (Koso go ichidai ryakuzu)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1825–1840

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

23.4 × 36.8 cm (9 3/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener

Reference Number

1959.115

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