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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Sparrow and Rose Mallow

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869

Title

Sparrow and Rose Mallow
Untitled (known as Large Flowers)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1833-1834

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Horizontal Ōban: 25.9 x 38.8 cm (10 3/16 x 15 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 前北斎為一筆 Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brushed by Zen Hokusai Iitsu)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 永壽堂 Eijudō (Nishimuraya Yohachi); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil:X1[?]8/[Japanese Characters];

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.494

Type

  • Prints

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Tombstone

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869
Edo, Japan), publisher
Sparrow and Rose Mallow; Untitled (known as Large Flowers), ca. 1833-1834
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Horizontal Ōban: 25.9 x 38.8 cm (10 3/16 x 15 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.494

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