Object Details
- Artist
- Kawanabe Kyosai 河鍋暁斎 (1831-1889)
- Label
- This delightful image shows elephants cavorting in various likely and unlikely poses, many of them anthropomorphic. One writes the title of the print with a calligraphic brush, while another wears the mask of a fox on the end of its trunk. Chinese attendants participate in the elephants' playful antics.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Florence Leonhart
- 1862
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- S2007.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36 x 24.7 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- playing
- elephant
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Japan
- ukiyo-e
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S2007.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f21d7efa-a7fe-4c5f-8f08-ae479ab47799
