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Keiri

Dragonfly and Flower (Kabocha ni tonbo)

Maker

Keiri (Japanese)

Title

Dragonfly and Flower (Kabocha ni tonbo)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

mid 1800s

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 16.8 x 24.8 cm (6 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right: [Illegible]; in a later hand, verso, bottom right: R747

Signature: Signed at right | Keiri

Seals: Artist's seal | Keiri | virtually illegible

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.402.1

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection
May 13, 2016 – Dec 04, 2016
If Insects Could Speak
Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Early Nineteenth Century
Jul 29, 1994 – Sep 11, 1994
If Insects Could Speak
Japanese Woodblock Prints of Grasses and Insects from the Early Nineteenth Century
Jul 06, 1990 – Sep 02, 1990

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Keiri (Japanese)
Dragonfly and Flower (Kabocha ni tonbo), mid 1800s
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 16.8 x 24.8 cm (6 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.402.1

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