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Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政

Japanese stork and rose mallow (Fuyo ni konotori)

Description

Maker

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (Japanese, 1739-1820

Title

Japanese stork and rose mallow (Fuyo ni konotori)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1770s-early 1780s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 24.4 x 18.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription above. [text and poems]fuyo ni konotori fuyo[title of print; note that fuyois repeated in ink to left of printed inscribed title u.r.]

Signature: Signed at left | Kitao Shigemasa ga

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.362

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Nature Studies
Early Bird-and-Flower Prints from the Rockefeller Collection
Jun 07, 2002 – Sep 01, 2002

Label copy

The inscription in the upper right identifies the crane and the hibiscus by name.

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Tombstone

Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (Japanese, 1739-1820
b. in Edo)
Japanese stork and rose mallow (Fuyo ni konotori), 1770s-early 1780s
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 24.4 x 18.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.362

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