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Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 4, Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

  • Raian Genki
  • Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美
  • Eirakuya Tōshirō 永楽屋東四郎

Title

Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 4

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock printed books

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock printed books

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Books

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.1288

About

Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 4
蕙斎麁画

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Painterly Prints in Nineteenth-Century Japan

June 1 - September 23, 2007

Japanese Prints

March 10 - June 9, 1998

Related

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 2, Edo (Japanese period)

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Sketches by Keisai: Vol. 4 with the accession number of 13.1288. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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