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Totoya Hokkei

Shojo parakeet and plum (Ume ni shojo inko), ca. 1820

Description

Maker

  • Totoya Hokkei, 1780-1850, Japanese

Title

Shojo parakeet and plum (Ume ni shojo inko)

Year

ca. 1820

Medium

Polychrome wood block print with embossing and metallic embellishments

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • embossing

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 21 x 18.3 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at left and right. White oval label affixed to the back, bottom left with an inscribed number: 58; in a later hand, an inscription verso, bottom left:[Japanese Characters] [text and poems] Poem by Goantei Rakuzumi (Goantei "living in leisure") [of the Sairaikyo poetry circle] Poem by Sairaikyo [Mibutsu] [see Mirviss/Carpenter Frank Lloyd Wright, 299, for information about the poet]

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.391

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Bird-and-Flower Prints

December 26, 1992 - February 28, 1993

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Shojo parakeet and plum (Ume ni shojo inko) with the accession number of 34.391. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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