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Mori Shunkei

Paddy Bird on a Crabapple Tree, mid-1820s

Description

Maker

Title

Paddy Bird on a Crabapple Tree

Year

mid-1820s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Length: 21 cm (8 1/4 inches)

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.67

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008

Printed on blue silk, this unusual print designed by painter Mori Shunkei imitates a Chinese-style bird-and-flower composition. The poems, too, are written in Chinese verse. The blocks were cut by the poet Chiyo no Matsuhiko (act. mid-1820s), another protégé of Tani Seikō (act. 1822–1831).

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