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Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 4

Maker

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (Japanese, 1764-1824, b. in Edo, Japan)
Raian Genki (Japanese)
Eirakuya Tōshirō 永楽屋東四郎 (Japanese, 1845 - 1894), publisher

Title

Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 4
蕙斎麁画

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1840

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock printed books

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock printed books

Materials

ink

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.7 x 1 cm (9 x 6 3/16 x 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription on inside of front cover, top right in pencil: Masayoshi 4/13.1288Red circular seal stamped on first page, top right; red square seal stamped on last page with image.Octagonal label adhered to inside of front cover, top right corner with inscription in ink:Masayoshi/odd vol. (4); second octagonal label on back cover, top right corner, with inscription in ink: dy/35/Drawing/Masayoshi/13.1288; rectangular label directly below second label with inscription in ink: A/E783

Seals: Collector's seal

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1288

Type

  • Books

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

The vibrant textures of ink-wash landscape are conveyed effectively in these two pages of woodcut designs. The forms in these book illustrations have been created without the use of a black-ink block for the outlines, as is the case with many of the prints in this exhibition.

Japanese Prints
Nature in Microcosm
Mar 10, 1998 – Jun 09, 1998

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Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (Japanese, 1764-1824, b. in Edo, Japan)
Raian Genki (Japanese)
Eirakuya Tōshirō 永楽屋東四郎 (Japanese, 1845 - 1894), publisher
Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 4; 蕙斎麁画, ca. 1840
Polychrome woodblock printed books
22.9 x 15.7 x 1 cm (9 x 6 3/16 x 3/8 inches)
Bequest of Isaac C. Bates 13.1288

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