“The Famous, Unrivaled Sculptor Hidari ‘Left-Handed’ Jingorō” (Meiyo: Migi ni teki nashi Hidari Jingorō)
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.At the center of this complex triptych composition is the famous sculptor Hidari “Left-Handed” Jingorō at work in his studio, carving a statue of Shōtoku Taishi (574–622), one of the great proponents of Buddhism in ancient Japan. The artist is surrounded by a dazzling array of his sculpted masterpieces of Buddhist deities, sages, guardian figures, and personages from East Asian lore, some lifelike in expression.
Artwork Details
- 歌川国芳画 「名誉 右に無敵左り甚五郎」
- Title: “The Famous, Unrivaled Sculptor Hidari ‘Left-Handed’ Jingorō” (Meiyo: Migi ni teki nashi Hidari Jingorō)
- Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1848
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
- Dimensions: Image: 14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.5 × 25.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Lent by Lee E. Dirks
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art