Ghosts and Battle Scenes
19th century
Medium
Album of 18 woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
91 in. × 10 3/8 in. × 3/8 in. (231.1 × 26.4 × 1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harold de Raasloff, 1918
Accession Number
JP1114
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa Kunisada · 1786–1864
**Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)** Born in 1786 in the Honjo district of Edo (modern Tokyo), Utagawa Kunisada hailed from a family with a hereditary ferry-boat service that provided financial stability, allowing him to pursue art from a young age. His father, an amateur poet of note, died shortly after his birth, leaving young Sumida Shōgorō (Kunisada's childhood name) to nurture his evident talent...