Image

Previous 1 2 / 2 Next

Niwa Tōkei

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

Description

Maker

Title

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

Year

1810's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with gofun

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

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

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.411

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Marking the Occasion

February 3 - May 28, 2006

Two courtesans, Kyō-ōgi 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.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Nandina berries and wild roses in snow (Setchu nanten to yamabuki) with the accession number of 34.411. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.