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Forger
Enji Takamizawa
(Japanese, 1870 – 1927)
After
Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760 - 1849)
Datec. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
MediumReproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 8 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (21.6 × 18.4 cm)
Frame: 22 3/8 × 16 3/8 in. (56.8 × 41.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object numberS2025.2.5
Not on view
DescriptionDepicts a jealous horned cannibal laughing and holding the severed head of a child.
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Additional Details
Alternate Titles
unknown [from the Nightmare Series]
The Laughing Hannya / The Laughling Deamoness
The Laughing Hannya / The Laughling Deamoness
Markings
Verso, frame backing (white paper Emerson Gallery Loan Collection label with typed text): "Artist: Unknown, Japanese / Title: From the Nightmare Series / Medium: Reproduction of colored woodcut / Credit Line: Gift of William Roehrick '34 / Accession No.: [no info]"
Inscribed
Recto, bottom center, on mount (pencil): "Apparition d'Hoksai"
Enji Takamizawa
Date: c. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
Medium: Reproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
Object number: S2025.2.3
Enji Takamizawa
Date: c. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
Medium: Reproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
Object number: S2025.2.1
Enji Takamizawa
Date: c. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
Medium: Reproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
Object number: S2025.2.4
Enji Takamizawa
Date: c. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
Medium: Reproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
Object number: S2025.2.2
Kitagawa Utamaro
Date: c. 1802-1803
Medium: Nishiki-e color woodblock print on paper
Object number: 1996.15.38
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Date: c. 1844
Medium: Woodblock print
Object number: 1985.46a-b
André Masson
Date: 1943
Medium: Bound volume with 34 reproductions of pen-and-ink drawings
Object number: 1992.46.1
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: date unknown
Medium: Sumi-e and watercolor
Object number: 2024.1.2
Unknown artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Plaster
Object number: S2023.4.2
Unknown artist
Date: after 1850
Medium: Cast plaster with pigment
Object number: S2023.3.1-3