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Oni no Nenbutsu (Prayer of the Dead)
Artist
Shibata Zeshin
(Japanese, 1807 - 1891)
Date19th century
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsSheet (oban format): 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of William E. Harkins
Object number2003.144
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameWoodblock print
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureEastern Asian
NationalityJapanese
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedbottom right corner: Zeshin [Artist's signature]
Markingsbottom right corner: Shin [Artist's seal]
Inscribedtop center: unable to transcribe and translate completely; top right: probably a date seal reading "Sixth Month, Year of the Hare" (u roku) (?) [1819, 1831, 1843, 1855, 1867, 1879, or 1891?]; center left: possibly a publisher's seal. Unidentified; verso bottom right corner: "VTACDMLCA"
Exhibition HistoryPaper View, Palmer Museum of Art, November 2016, Floating Between Worlds: New Research on Japanese Prints in the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, August 28 - December 9, 2012ProvenanceGift of William E. HarkinsPublished ReferencesEubanks, Charlotte, et al. Floating Between Worlds: New Research on Japanese Prints in the Permanent Collection. University Park: Palmer Museum of Art, 2012.