Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 42072

Although Made of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, He Still Looks Young

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代
1847
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
1400 × 2016 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
白石カナ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

Toshiga yottemo wakai hitoda, “Although Made of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, He Still Looks Young.” An extremely rare print: Another impression is illustrated in Juzo Suzuki, Kuniyoshi, 1992, no. 386. Kuniyoshi also designed a number of other such heads but composed of convoluted bodies in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, three hundred years earlier. The head is composed using the Rat for the eyes; Ox: hair; Tiger: eyebrows; Hare/Rabbit: nose; Dragon: birthmark; Snake: mouth; Horse: ear; Goat/Sheep: character on costume; Cock: hair; Ape/Monkey: birthmark; Dog: head; Hog/Pig: crest on back made of tusks. Published by Ibaya Sensaburo, 1847-8. Very good impression and colour. Some creasing…

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