The Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series The Five Annual Festivals

Artist/Maker Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎 (Japanese, active 1850–1880)

Date1854

MediumColor woodblock print

DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (34.9 × 25.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Genevieve Davis Olds (OC 1897)

PortfolioThe Five Annual Festivals (Gosekku no uchi)

Object number1933.34

Status

Not on view

ProvenanceGenevieve Davis Olds; by gift 1933 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

Collections

Asian

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