Kanshin mata-kuguri no zu (Han Xin crawling between the legs)

Description

Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych entitled Kanshin mata-kuguri no zu (Han Xin Crawling between the Legs), depicting Han Xin, an eminent Chinese soldier-statesman, crawling between the legs of a fisherman to show his humility, to the amusement of the fisherman's companions: Japan, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1835

Museum reference

A.1887.745.45.1.57.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797 - 1861, Artist
Japan, East Asia

Date

c. 1835

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Han Xin

1 results found

Change view:
Grid view
List view

Aircraft model kit

Airfix 1:72 Hurricane, one of 25 unassembled plastic model kits in original packaging, collected by William Arnot of East Calder, 1950s - 1960s

Keyword search

Advanced search Search terms must be longer than two characters. Use a * as a wildcard to widen your search (for example, bagpipe* will find bagpipe, bagpipes and bagpiper).