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Nakayama Sugakudo

Bullfinch, sumac and morning glories (Uso haze asagaoshu)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Bullfinch, sumac and morning glories (Uso haze asagaoshu)
Sho utsushi shijuhattaka
Forty-eight hawks drawn from life

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1859.10

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 22.2 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription UL and LL.

Signature: Sugaku

Seals: Publisher's seal | Koeido han;censor's seal | aratame; date seal | left margin; series number seal | center | 29

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.561

Type

  • Prints

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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 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
Bullfinch, sumac and morning glories (Uso haze asagaoshu); Sho utsushi shijuhattaka; Forty-eight hawks drawn from life, 1859.10
Polychrome wood block print with embossing
Plate: 33.7 x 22.2 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.561

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