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After Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese wagtail and wisteria (Fuji sekirei), ca. 1832

Description

Maker

  • Nishimuraya Yohachi, Japanese, publisher
  • Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849, Japanese

Title

Japanese wagtail and wisteria (Fuji sekirei)

Year

ca. 1832

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 25.1 x 18.7 cm (9 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at center.
[text and poems]
title inscribed Fuji sekirei
The poem is a Chinese poem not transliterated in the Kobayashi catalogue. Several characters are not clear, hence the meaning is obscure.

Identification

Edition

Small differences between it and published examples, sloppy blue overprinting, and its muted values with lack of seals suggest a later edition.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.490

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

An Abundance of Color

March 5 - May 30, 2004

Depicting Four Seasons in Japanese Prints

July 23 - September 26, 1993

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Japanese wagtail and wisteria (Fuji sekirei) with the accession number of 34.490. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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