Oda Kaisen 小田海僊

Quail and Bush Clover

Maker

Oda Kaisen 小田海僊 (1785-1862, b. in Yamaguchi, worked in Kyoto, Japan)
Matsumura Keibun 松村景文 (1779-1843, b. and worked in Kyoto, Japan)

Title

Quail and Bush Clover

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1840

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Ōtanzakuban: 19.1 x 51.2 cm (7 1/2 x 20 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 南豊 Nanpo; 景文 Keibun;

Seals: Designer's seals: 南豊 Nanpo; 景文 Keibun

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.482

Type

Exhibition History

Painterly Prints in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Jun 01, 2007 – Sep 23, 2007

Label copy

On the basis of the relative positions of their signatures, it appears that Keibun designed the quail and Nanpo the clover in this finely rendered scene. Keibun was a Shijo painter, and Nanpo was trained as a Nanga-school artist. Although the Nanga school emulated Chinese scholar’s painting, there is little trace of that style in this print. Bush clover (hagi) is one of the “seven grasses of autumn.”

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Tombstone

Oda Kaisen 小田海僊 (1785-1862, b. in Yamaguchi, worked in Kyoto, Japan)
Matsumura Keibun 松村景文 (1779-1843, b. and worked in Kyoto, Japan)
Quail and Bush Clover, ca. 1840
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Ōtanzakuban: 19.1 x 51.2 cm (7 1/2 x 20 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.482

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