Asahina Meets Emma and Jizo in Hell

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description On this print, Asahina meets Jizo in hell. Asahina (in lower front position) is Kobayashi Asahina. Jizo is the Buddhist bodhisattva at the right and Emma is the King of Hell at the left.

Provenance Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Oju Toyokuni ga

Credit Bequest of Robert S. Shaull, 1990

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Creators

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Japanese, 1786-1864) (Artist)
Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Publisher)

Period

1860 (late Edo)

Medium

pigments on mulberry paper
(Prints)

Accession Number

95.779

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View