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Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Kingfisher and Bamboo , Edo Period

Maker

  • Yamamotoya Heikichi 山本屋平吉
  • Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Title

Kingfisher and Bamboo

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Aiban: 35.1 x 23.2 cm (13 13/16 x 9 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 英泉画 Eisen ga (Pictured by Eisen)

Seals: Censor's seal: 極 kiwame
Publisher's seal: Cross sickle with 久 below (Yamamotoya Heikichi)

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: [?]1209 [Japanese Characters]

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.513

Kingfisher and Bamboo

Signature: 英泉画 Eisen ga (Pictured by Eisen)

Seals: Censor's seal: 極 kiwame
Publisher's seal: Cross sickle with 久 below (Yamamotoya Heikichi)

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: [?]1209 [Japanese Characters]

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Shimmering Beauty

December 20, 2025 - June 7, 2026
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Kingfisher and Bamboo with the accession number of 34.513. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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