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Japanese, Japan Tokyo

Moon and plum, early 1900s

Description

Maker

Unknown
Ogata Kōrin, 1658-1716, Japanese, previous attribution

Culture

Japanese

Title

Moon and plum

Year

early 1900s

Medium

Woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

wood block,
woodcut

Supports

paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 17.5 x 18.3 cm (6 7/8 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription UR.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.625

Exhibition History

Korin Gafu and the Rimpa Tradition in Japanese Printmaking

March 8 - June 2, 2002

These three renditions of a composition of plum blossoms in moonlight illustrate how closely the subject was identified with Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716) and how often it was repeated by artists who worked in the Rimpa tradition.

Spring Blossoms

March 10 - June 6, 1999

Spring Blossoms

March 17 - June 11, 1995

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