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Niwa Tōkei

Nandina berries and wild roses in snow (Setchu nanten to yamabuki)

Maker

Niwa Tōkei (Japanese, 1760-1822)

Title

Nandina berries and wild roses in snow (Setchu nanten to yamabuki)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1810's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with gofun

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Polychrome woodblock print with gofun

Materials

gofun, color, ink

Supports

paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 38.1 x 51.1 cm (15 x 20 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at right.
[text and poems]
poems by Kyo-ogi ya, Kotsuru Take, likely geisha; the right poem concerns frost, the left the winter peony both appropriate to the winter image; the inscription (unread) may explain the occasion for which the print was made but is unclear

Signature: sealed To and Kei

Seals: Artist's seals | To | Kei

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.411

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints

Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007

Marking the Occasion

The Japanese Tradition of Surimono

Feb 03, 2006 – May 28, 2006

Label copy

Two courtesans, Kyo-ogi ya and Kotsuru Take, commissioned this print. The winter imagery of the flowers is carried over to the splattered shell white of the snow and the shiny mica surface of the ice.

Seeing with the Mind's Eye

The Art of Printmaking in Japan

Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

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Tombstone

Niwa Tōkei (Japanese, 1760-1822)

Nandina berries and wild roses in snow (Setchu nanten to yamabuki), 1810's

Polychrome woodblock print with gofun

Sheet: 38.1 x 51.1 cm (15 x 20 1/8 inches)

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.411

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