Photo provided courtesy of the United States Library of Congress.
Urashima
Urashima
1 print : woodcut, color ; 23.4 x 24.2 cm.
Print shows Urashima Tarō, a fisherman, sitting on the back of a turtle headed for an undersea palace after rescuing the turtle from a group of children.
- Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.
- Format: Uchiwae-ban Nishikie.
- Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
- Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915
- Urashima Tarō (Legendary character)
- Turtles--Japan--1870-1890.
- Fishermen--Japan--1870-1890.
- Fairy tales--1870-1890.
- Ukiyo-e--Japanese--1870-1890.
- Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1870-1890.
Kawanabe, Gyōsai, 1831-1889, artist
