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  • Woodblock print of tan leaves covering rice cakes below columns of calligraphy.
  • Woodblock print of tan leaves covering rice cakes below columns of calligraphy.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Cakes Wrapped in Oak Leaves

Maker

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅 (1765-1849
b. in Akita, worked in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan)

Title

Cakes Wrapped in Oak Leaves

Period

Edo Period

Year

1822

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing (surimono)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing (surimono)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21 x 17.6 cm (8 1/4 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: うら表家はへたてすかしは餅この手つくりとみそませてやる 千代松彦

むつましくかたみにつゝむ柏もち夫婦のなかそふたおもてなき 抜小路近道

邪を拂󠄀(払)ひ鬼を追てふ節句をはたん波とやいはんたん午とやいはむ 鶴廼屋


Signature: 孔寅 Kōin

Seals: Designer's seal: 孔寅 Kōin (Hirotora)
Block carer's seal: 谷清好

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.54

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Surimono
Selections from the Japanese Print Collection
Jun 09, 1998 – Sep 08, 1998
Small Pleasures
Surimono from the Nineteenth Century
Mar 15, 1991 – Apr 28, 1991

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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

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅 (1765-1849
b. in Akita, worked in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
Cakes Wrapped in Oak Leaves, 1822
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing (surimono)
Shikishiban: 21 x 17.6 cm (8 1/4 x 6 15/16 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.54

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