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Tsukioka Tanka

Descending geese and flying swallows (Kaeru gan to kuru tsubame), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

  • Tsukioka Tanka

Title

Descending geese and flying swallows (Kaeru gan to kuru tsubame)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 22.2 x 29 cm (8 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: NJX680/[Japanese Characters]

Signature: Tanka ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Tanka; censor's seal | kiwame

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.334

About

Descending geese and flying swallows (Kaeru gan to kuru tsubame)

Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: NJX680/[Japanese Characters]

Signature: Tanka ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Tanka; censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Art of the Fan

December 7, 2001 - March 3, 2002

Fan-Shaped Bird and Flower Prints from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

May 11 - June 30, 1990

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Descending geese and flying swallows (Kaeru gan to kuru tsubame) with the accession number of 34.334. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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