Image
Description
Maker
- Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849, Japanese
- Nishimuraya Yohachi, Japanese, publisher
Title
Japanese wagtail and wisteria (Fuji sekirei)
Year
ca. 1832
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 25.1 x 18.7 cm (9 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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Edition
Small differences between it and published examples, sloppy blue overprinting, and its muted values with lack of seals suggest a later edition. Place
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.490
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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