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Untitled [Gods of Fortune poling rafts down a river]

Artist:

Anonymous

Date:

1850–1870

Location:

Not on display

Century:

19th Century AD

Media:

Color Woodcut

Dimensions:

22.5 x 28.6 cm (sheet)

Department:

Achenbach Foundation

Object Type:

Country:

Japan

Continent:

Asia

Accession Number:

1990.1.265

Acquisition Date:

1990-12-31

Credit Line:

Gift of Ronald E. Bornstein in memory of Anna Louise Wilson

Upon a swirling somewhat abstracted watercourse three men pole along in their skiffs - one carries baskets of fish, another barge bales of rice and the last one wicker baskets of sake - all on an octagonal format. (Jim Hahn 03/01/95)

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