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Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take)

Description

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Echigoya Chōhachi 越後屋長八 (Japanese, 1800s), publisher

Title

Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

color, ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 27 x 38.6 cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at top.
[text and poems]
Chinese inscription of two lines of a poem by Du Fu:
Rain purifies the bamboo; wind diffuses its delicate fragrance
Calligraphy by Tonan
See notes by Deborah Del Gais in cat. file regarding the poem.

Signature: Keisai (Eisen)

Seals: Artist's seal | Eisen in;Censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.521

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007
Seeing with the Mind's Eye
The Art of Printmaking in Japan
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

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Tombstone

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848, b. in Edo, Japan)
Echigoya Chōhachi 越後屋長八 (Japanese, 1800s), publisher
Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take), 1820s
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 27 x 38.6 cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.521

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