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Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Owl and maple (Kaede ni mimizuku)

Description

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (c. 1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Owl and maple (Kaede ni mimizuku)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 22.7 x 17 cm (8 15/16 x 6 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left:YI330/[Japanese Characters] [text and poems] u. left with title as given

Signature: Keisai

Seals: Artist's seal | Keisai; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.511

Type

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Tombstone

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (c. 1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher
Owl and maple (Kaede ni mimizuku), 1820s
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 22.7 x 17 cm (8 15/16 x 6 11/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.511

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