A Large Elephant Recently Imported from Overseas (Shinto hakurai no daizō)

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo

Japanese, 1830–1866

Date1863 (third month)

MediumDiptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical ōban; each 14 1/2 × 19 3/8 in. (36.8 × 49.2 cm)

CultureJapan

PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)

DepartmentAsian Art

ClassificationPrints

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959

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