Image
Description
Maker
- Isoda Koryūsai, active ca. 1764-1788, Japanese
Title
Rock ptarmigan and pine (Matsu ni raicho)
Year
1770's
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Sheet: 25.4 x 19.1 cm (10 x 7 1/2 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil:NJX317/[Japanese Characters][text and poems] Shirayama no/matsu no kokage ni/kakuroi te/yasura ni sumeru/rai no tori kana On Mount Shirayama grouse live peacefully in the shadows of the pinesPoem by retired Emperor Gotoba The mountain is close to Shirayama Shrine. Grouse (or rock ptarmigan) are white in winter, brown in summer. Shirayama means "white (shira) mountain (yama)" which may also allude to their winter white feathers.
Place
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.550
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Use
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