Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Grasshopper and morning glories (Asagao ni kirigisu)

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)

Title

Grasshopper and morning glories (Asagao ni kirigisu)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1820

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 16.8 x 24.1 cm (6 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: 138

Signature: Keisai

Seals: Artist's seal | Eisen

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.515

Type

Exhibition History

Painterly Prints in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Jun 01, 2007 – Sep 23, 2007

Label copy

This wonderful close-up of nature was designed by Eisen, a mainstream ukiyo-e artist whose usual subjects were courtesans and landscapes.

Japanese Prints
Nature in Microcosm
Mar 10, 1998 – Jun 09, 1998
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

Image use

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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

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)
Grasshopper and morning glories (Asagao ni kirigisu), ca. 1820
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 16.8 x 24.1 cm (6 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.515

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