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Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Parrot and cherries (Sakura ni inko)

Maker

Title

Parrot and cherries (Sakura ni inko)
from the series Six Sheets of Birds and Flowers within Borders (Kachō gyokuban rokumai no uchi)
Kacho gyokuban rokumai no uchi

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1810s

Medium

Polychrome wood block print with embossing

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Polychrome wood block print with embossing

Materials

ink and color

Supports

paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at left and right.
[text and poems] Poems by Tabakoya Taketo and Tatsusenya

Signature: Suewake sha

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.371

Type

Prints

Image use

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Tombstone

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓 (1780-1850
worked in Edo, Japan)

Parrot and cherries (Sakura ni inko); from the series Six Sheets of Birds and Flowers within Borders (Kachō gyokuban rokumai no uchi); Kacho gyokuban rokumai no uchi, ca. 1810s

Polychrome wood block print with embossing

Shikishiban: 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches)

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.371

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