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Neck-pulling Contest of Benkei and Chinese Beauty (Benkei to Tōbijin no kubibiki 弁慶と唐美人の首引き), from the series “Chinese and Japanese Heroes for the Soramitsuya Circle” (Soramitsuyaren wakan buyū awase sanban no uchi 空満屋連和漢武勇合三番之内),
1820 [Bunsei 3]

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1760–1849

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1983-101

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Title

Neck-pulling Contest of Benkei and Chinese Beauty (Benkei to Tōbijin no kubibiki 弁慶と唐美人の首引き), from the series “Chinese and Japanese Heroes for the Soramitsuya Circle” (Soramitsuyaren wakan buyū awase sanban no uchi 空満屋連和漢武勇合三番之内)

Dates

1820 [Bunsei 3]

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, mica, and color on paper

Dimensions

block: 21.4 x 18.4 cm. (8 7/16 x 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 25.4 x 21.4 cm. (10 x 8 7/16 in.) mat: 40.6 x 30.5 cm. (16 x 12 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka

Object Number

x1983-101

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures

Signed lower left: Hokusai taito aratame Katsushika litsu hitsu ("once Hokusai Taito now Katsushika Litsu")

Inscription

Poems at top by Matsuka, Maeda, Kanken, etc.

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Type

woodblock prints, prints, surimono, japanese printmaking styles

Materials

paper, surimono, color, mica, ink

Techniques

woodcut (process)

Subject

men, warriors, women, figures (representations), courtesans, poems

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1983," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 43, no. 1 (1984): p. 18-42., p. 28, p. 30 (illus.)

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Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760–1849), Neck-pulling Contest of Benkei and Chinese Beauty (Benkei to Tōbijin no kubibiki 弁慶と唐美人の首引き), from the series “Chinese and Japanese Heroes for the Soramitsuya Circle” (Soramitsuyaren wakan buyū awase sanban no uchi 空満屋連和漢武勇合三番之内), 1820 [Bunsei 3]. Woodblock print (surimono); ink, mica, and color on paper; 21.4 x 18.4 cm (block), 25.4 x 21.4 cm (sheet), 40.6 x 30.5 cm (mat). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka (x1983-101) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/15078

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Neck-pulling Contest of Benkei and Chinese Beauty (Benkei to Tōbijin no kubibiki 弁慶と唐美人の首引き), from the series “Chinese and Japanese Heroes for the Soramitsuya Circle” (Soramitsuyaren wakan buyū awase sanban no uchi 空満屋連和漢武勇合三番之内),
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Neck-pulling Contest of Benkei and Chinese Beauty (Benkei to Tōbijin no kubibiki 弁慶と唐美人の首引き), from the series “Chinese and Japanese Heroes for the Soramitsuya Circle” (Soramitsuyaren wakan buyū awase sanban no uchi 空満屋連和漢武勇合三番之内), 1820 [Bunsei 3]

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