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Mori Ransai

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree, Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

  • Inoue Seifu
  • Mori Ransai
  • Suwaraya Mohei
  • Inoue Shofu
  • Owada Yasubei
  • Kawanabe Kyōsai

Title

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • woodblock print

Techniques

  • woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 22.2 x 31 cm (8 3/4 x 12 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription on both. [text and poems] inscribed right and inscribed left with titles as given; inscribed bottom:Kono tori Hakka ni hisureba so shin yasete nagaku o mo mata nagashi (This bird, compared to the hakka [may be same bird as34.468], has an entirely skinny and long body and also a long tail)

Signature: unsigned

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.465

About

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree
from the illustrated book Ransai gafu (Picture book by Ransai)

Inscription on both. [text and poems] inscribed right and inscribed left with titles as given; inscribed bottom:Kono tori Hakka ni hisureba so shin yasete nagaku o mo mata nagashi (This bird, compared to the hakka [may be same bird as34.468], has an entirely skinny and long body and also a long tail)

Signature: unsigned

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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Mori Ransai

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree, Edo (Japanese period)
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Mori Ransai

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree, Edo (Japanese period)

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