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Snake (Mi): Nitan Shiro, from the series "Heroes for the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyu mitate junishi)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi · c. 1840
Provenance
Ownership history
- James A. Michener (1907–1999) and Mari Sabusawa Michener (1920–1994), Pipersville, PA and Austin, TX; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1959.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Utagawa Kuniyoshi,</em> Gallery 107, April 9 - May 20, 1998.
Literature
Published references
- “Oriental Art Recently Acquired by American Museums.” <em>Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America</em> 13 (1959): 103.
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