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Angels on Clouds, lower right sheet of four illustrating The Ascent to Heaven from the Bamboo Cutter'sTale (Taketari amaagari)

Angels on Clouds, lower right sheet of four illustrating The Ascent to Heaven from the Bamboo Cutter'sTale (Taketari amaagari)

Artist:

Yashima Gakutei

Date:

ca. 1820–1822

Location:

Not on display

Century:

19th Century AD

Media:

Color Woodcut Surimono With Metallic Pigment And Embossing, Mounted As Lower Right Image Of Four

Dimensions:

Image: 209 x 186 mm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

Department:

Achenbach Foundation

Object Type:

Country:

Continent:

Asia

Accession Number:

41.42.126c

Acquisition Date:

1941-11-13

Credit Line:

Katherine Ball Collection

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