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Suien

Persimmons (Kaki), 1919.5

Description

Maker

  • Suien, 2nd half of the 19th century, Japanese

Title

Persimmons (Kaki)

Year

1919.5

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 18.7 x 17.9 cm (7 3/8 x 7 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at left and right.
[text and poems]
The inscription is not a poem but a sentence memorializing a person who had died the preceding autumn on the anniversary of his death. The inscription is not signed.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.629

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Small Pleasures

March 15 - April 28, 1991

Use

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