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Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Butterflies (Cho)

Description

Maker

Mori Shunkei 森春渓 (Japanese, Active in Osaka ca. 1800-1820)
Tobu Tani Seiko, publisher
Tani Seiko (Japanese), block carver

Title

Butterflies (Cho)
Things Creeping Under Hand
Chuka senzen

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1820

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 21 x 28.6 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at left.

Signature: Mori Shunkei

Seals: Artist's seals | Yuko | Shunkei; engraver's seal | hori | lower left in cartouche

Identification

Edition

The first edition of the book

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.607

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Chorus of Chirps, Hums, and Buzzes
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Gallery
May 24, 2019 – Nov 10, 2019
Japanese Prints
Nature in Microcosm
Mar 10, 1998 – Jun 09, 1998
If Insects Could Speak
Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Early Nineteenth Century
Jul 29, 1994 – Sep 11, 1994
If Insects Could Speak
Japanese Woodblock Prints of Grasses and Insects from the Early Nineteenth Century
Jul 06, 1990 – Sep 02, 1990
Insect Prints and Insects
Feb 14, 1986 – May 25, 1986

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Tombstone

Mori Shunkei 森春渓 (Japanese, Active in Osaka ca. 1800-1820)
Tobu Tani Seiko, publisher
Tani Seiko (Japanese), block carver
Butterflies (Cho); Things Creeping Under Hand; Chuka senzen, 1820
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 21 x 28.6 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.607

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