A spinning-top performance by Takezawa Toji (recto); Kodakara Yuu (verso)

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Photo by John Bentham.
A spinning-top performance by Takezawa Toji (recto); Kodakara Yuu (verso)
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1798 – 1861)
Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1786 - 1864)
Datec. 1844
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (36.2 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number1985.46a-b
On view
DescriptionOban tate-e format. The recto depicts Takezawa Toji giving a spinning-top performance beneath a conjured nine-tailed fox spirit, or kitsune. The verso depicts a kodakara scene with mother and child.
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Alternate Titles Portrait of Conjurer (recto); Untitled (verso)
Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance 1985: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar S. Pound.
Inscribed Recto, left margin: [kanji]
Recto, center-right (on sign): [kanji]
Verso, top left corner (in cartouche): [kanji]
Verso, right margin: [kanji]
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