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Baien 梅園

Pipe and Tobacco Pouch, Edo Period

Maker

  • Tani Seikō 谷清好
  • Baien 梅園

Title

Pipe and Tobacco Pouch

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.6 x 18.3 cm (8 1/2 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: くゆらする野辺のたはこに青柳も風のむすべる輪をや吹らし 
- 山含亭栗三

ひと引の煙草けふりて座敷にも霞そめたる蓬莱の山 
- 鹿小雄丸

Signature: 梅園 Baien

Seals: Designer's seal: 梅園 Baien
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.62

Pipe and Tobacco Pouch

Inscription Text/Poem: くゆらする野辺のたはこに青柳も風のむすべる輪をや吹らし 
- 山含亭栗三

ひと引の煙草けふりて座敷にも霞そめたる蓬莱の山 
- 鹿小雄丸

Signature: 梅園 Baien

Seals: Designer's seal: 梅園 Baien
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts

May 23 - October 4, 2026

Surimono from Osaka and Edo

May 23 - October 5, 2008

Marking the Occasion

September 15 - December 3, 2000

Surimono

June 9 - September 8, 1998

Small Pleasures

March 15 - April 28, 1991

Japanese Surimono Prints

November 28, 1986 - January 25, 1987
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