Shûnen (Obsession)

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Shûnen (Obsession)
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Forger (Japanese, 1870 – 1927)
After (Japanese, 1760 - 1849)
Datec. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
MediumReproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
DimensionsComposition: 13 × 9 in. (33 × 22.9 cm) Frame: 22 1/8 × 16 5/16 in. (56.2 × 41.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object numberS2025.2.2
Not on view
DescriptionSupernatural scene depicting a snake wrapped around a Buddhist memorial tablet (ihai).

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Obsession / Fixation / Haunted Revenge / Memorial Anniversary
unknown [from the Nightmare Series]
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"
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Enji Takamizawa
Date: c. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
Medium: Reproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
Object number: S2025.2.5
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Enji Takamizawa
Date: c. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
Medium: Reproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
Object number: S2025.2.3
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Enji Takamizawa
Date: c. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
Medium: Reproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
Object number: S2025.2.1
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Enji Takamizawa
Date: c. 1831-1832 (printed 1920)
Medium: Reproduction Ukiyo-e woodblock print
Object number: S2025.2.4
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Kitagawa Utamaro
Date: c. 1802-1803
Medium: Nishiki-e color woodblock print on paper
Object number: 1996.15.38
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.39
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: date unknown
Medium: Sumi-e and watercolor
Object number: 2024.1.2
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André Masson
Date: 1943
Medium: Bound volume with 34 reproductions of pen-and-ink drawings
Object number: 1992.46.1
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Unknown artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Plaster
Object number: S2023.4.2
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: after 1850
Medium: Cast plaster with pigment
Object number: S2023.3.1-3
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Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
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Senpan Maekawa
Date: 1959
Medium: Color woodblock on paper
Object number: 2002.40