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Nakayama Sugakudo

Bulbuls on snow-covered pine (Shimahiyodori yuki no matsu)

Maker

Nakayama Sugakudo (Japanese, fl. 1850-1860)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (c. 1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Bulbuls on snow-covered pine (Shimahiyodori yuki no matsu)
Sho utsushi shijuhattaka
Forty-eight hawks drawn from life

Period

Edo Period

Year

1859

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print with embossing

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print with embossing

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 33.7 x 22.1 cm (13 1/4 x 8 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription UL and LL.A red circular seal is located verso, bottom left.

Signature: Sugakudo

Seals: Artist's seal | Sugaku; publisher's seal | Koeido han;censor's seal | aratame; date seal | left margin; series number seal | center | illegible

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.575

Type

  • Prints

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Nakayama Sugakudo (Japanese, fl. 1850-1860)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (c. 1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher
Bulbuls on snow-covered pine (Shimahiyodori yuki no matsu); Sho utsushi shijuhattaka; Forty-eight hawks drawn from life, 1859
Polychrome wood block print with embossing
Plate: 33.7 x 22.1 cm (13 1/4 x 8 11/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.575

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