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Hayami Shungyosai II

Grapes, Scissors, and Porcelain Bowl

Description

Maker

Hayami Shungyosai II

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

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Unidentified signature.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.71

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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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Tombstone

Hayami Shungyosai II
Grapes, Scissors, and Porcelain Bowl, mid-1820s
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 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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