Image

Mori Ransai

The coming wild geese roosting in reeds

Description

Maker

Mori Ransai (Japanese, 1740?-1801)
Owada Yasubei (Japanese), publisher
Suwaraya Mohei (Japanese), publisher
Inoue Shofu (Japanese), block carver
Inoue Seifu (Japanese), block carver

Title

The coming wild geese roosting in reeds
from the illustrated book Ransai gafu (Picture book by Ransai)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1801

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

22.1 x 31 cm (8 11/16 x 12 3/16 inches) Mat size: D; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-2005

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at right (title).

Signature: unsigned

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.472

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Beauty of Black in Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
Mar 20, 1990 – Apr 06, 1990

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Tombstone

Mori Ransai (Japanese, 1740?-1801)
Owada Yasubei (Japanese), publisher
Suwaraya Mohei (Japanese), publisher
Inoue Shofu (Japanese), block carver
Inoue Seifu (Japanese), block carver
The coming wild geese roosting in reeds; from the illustrated book Ransai gafu (Picture book by Ransai), 1801
woodblock print
22.1 x 31 cm (8 11/16 x 12 3/16 inches) Mat size: D; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-2005
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.472

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