[Blind monks examining an elephant] Illus. in H67 [Asian...

CALL NUMBER:Illus. in H67 [Asian RR]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZC4-8725 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-134246 (b&w film copy neg.)
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SUMMARY:Ukiyo-e print illustration from Buddhist parable showing blind monks examining an elephant. Each man reaches a different conclusion based on which part of the elephant he has examined.

MEDIUM:1 print : woodcut, color.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:[1888]

CREATOR:

Hanabusa, Itchō, 1652-1724, artist.

NOTES:

Illus. in: Itchō kyōgashū. Niigata-ken Koshi-gun Nagaoka : Meguro Jūrō ; Tōkyō : dō Shiten, Meiji 21 [1888].

Title devised by Library staff.

Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 96.

Exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

SUBJECTS:

Buddhist monks--Japan--1880-1890.
Parables--Japan--1880-1890.
Blind persons--Japan--1880-1890.
Elephants--Japan--1880-1890.

FORMAT:

Book illustrations 1880-1890.
Ukiyo-e 1880-1890.
Woodcuts Japanese Color 1880-1890.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g08725
(digital file from b&w film neg.) cph 3c34246

CARD #:2004666374

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3c30000-3c34000-3c34200-3c34246


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