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  • A variety of colorful butterflies in flight, with different sizes and patterns, alongside vertical script in the top left corner.

Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Butterflies

Maker

Mori Shunkei 森春渓 (1800 - 1820, Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), printer

Title

Butterflies
Things Creeping Under Hand (肘下選蠕 Chūka senzen)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1820

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

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

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Insect Prints and Insects
Feb 14, 1986 – May 25, 1986

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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

Mori Shunkei 森春渓 (1800 - 1820, Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), printer
Butterflies; Things Creeping Under Hand (肘下選蠕 Chūka senzen), 1820
Polychrome woodblock print
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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