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Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Magpies (Jutaicho)

Maker

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (Japanese, 1764-1824, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Magpies (Jutaicho)
From Raikin zui (Pictures of imported birds)
Kaihaku Raikin Zui Setsu

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1790

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

color, ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 22.9 x 37 cm (9 x 14 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription UR.

Signature: unsigned

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.533

Type

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

The artist's conceit in this volume was that these exotic birds were imported by the Dutch into Japan from China. Keisai's original publication of 1789 appeared at about the same time that Utamaro's Insect Book was printed.

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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

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (Japanese, 1764-1824, b. in Edo, Japan)
Magpies (Jutaicho); From Raikin zui (Pictures of imported birds); Kaihaku Raikin Zui Setsu, 1790
Polychrome woodblock print
Plate: 22.9 x 37 cm (9 x 14 9/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.533

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