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Yashima Gakutei

Caged Bird and Plum Branch (Ume ni torikago), 1820s

Description

Maker

  • Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1786-1868, Japanese

Title

Caged Bird and Plum Branch (Ume ni torikago)

Year

1820s

Medium

Polychrome wood block print with embossing and metallic highlights

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • embossing

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 20.8 x 18.4 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left: 13.328; in a later hand verso, bottom right: R402
[text and poems] Poems by Hokichien, Hyakuchoen Inteki, Fukujuen Fukujukei, Chikutei Tekiri, Tojuen Nandara

Place

Japan; Edo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.351

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 17, 2010 - April 17, 2011

In this print, the inscribed poems as well as the image of blossoming plums allude to the New Year.

An Abundance of Color

March 5 - May 30, 2004

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 15, 1995 - March 10, 1996

Use

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