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Hayami Shungyōsai II 速水春暁斎 二代目

Grapes, Scissors, and Porcelain Bowl

Maker

Hayami Shungyōsai II 速水春暁斎 二代目 (d. 1867, worked in Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver

Title

Grapes, Scissors, and Porcelain Bowl

Period

Edo Period

Year

mid-1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.4 x 19.1 cm (8 7/16 x 7 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 亡父の追福に一ひらの摺物手向侍るとて　

ちゝといふみのむしのみか淋しさに裸虫をも泣す秋の夜　
- 大江北頼

手向にとをりし葡萄の玉くしけふたゝひみえぬ君をしのひて　
- 鶴廼屋

Signature: 暁斎 Gyōsai

Seals: Designer's seal. Red circular seal
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.71

Type

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts
Stories from Japanese Surimono Prints
May 23, 2026 – Oct 04, 2026
Surimono from Osaka and Edo
The Pumpelly Album
May 23, 2008 – Oct 05, 2008
Marking the Occasion
The Japanese Tradition of Surimono
Feb 03, 2006 – May 28, 2006

Label copy

This print was distributed by the Osaka poet Oe no Kitayori on the occasion of a memorial service commemorating the anniversary of his father’s death. The authors of the poems, including the leader of the “crane” poetry group, Tsurunoya, and the block cutter, Tani Seiko, had all experienced personal losses around the time that this print was made.

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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

Hayami Shungyōsai II 速水春暁斎 二代目 (d. 1867, worked in Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
Grapes, Scissors, and Porcelain Bowl, mid-1820s
Polychrome woodblock print with metallic embellishments (surimono)
Shikishiban: 21.4 x 19.1 cm (8 7/16 x 7 1/2 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.71

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