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  • Delicate illustration of a branch of pale plums and green leaves below columns of calligraphy.
  • Delicate illustration of a branch of pale plums and green leaves below columns of calligraphy.

Nagayama Kōin 長山孔寅

Fruit

Maker

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

Title

Fruit

Period

Edo Period

Year

1820s

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 20.6 x 17.9 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: さつき雨いつしか実さへ葉かくれにぬれて色つく梅か木娘 
- 望月影成

英雄の論にも出し青うめはこの実ののなかのすいといはまし
- 鶴迺屋

Signature: 孔寅 Kōin

Seals: Designer's seal: 孔寅 Kōin (Hirotora)
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.57

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts
Stories from Japanese Surimono Prints
May 23, 2026 – Oct 04, 2026
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
Fruit, 1820s
Polychrome woodblock print (surimono)
Shikishiban: 20.6 x 17.9 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/16 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.57

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