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Kishi Ganrei

Sparrows and bamboo, ca. 1870's

Description

Maker

  • Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, 19th century, Japanese
  • Kishi Ganrei, 1816-1883, Japanese

Title

Sparrows and bamboo

Year

ca. 1870's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription in black and red.Small inscription LL.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.419

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Painterly Prints in Nineteenth-Century Japan

June 1 - September 23, 2007

Another member of the Kishi lineage of painters, Ganrei was the grandson of the school’s founder, Kishi Ganku (1756-1838). Note how the bamboo is rendered in subtle tones of green in this print and observe its somewhat monumental scale and the representation of nearly life-size sparrows.

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