Niwa Tōkei

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

Maker

Title

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

Year

Edo Period

Medium

gofun, color, ink

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.411

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

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

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