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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Sparrows and Rice Plants, Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Moriya Jihei
  • Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Title

Sparrows and Rice Plants

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wood block print

Techniques

  • wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

34.3 x 6.2 cm (13 1/2 x 2 7/16 inches) (plate) ko-tanzaku; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 200

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu

Seals: collector's seal | Hayashi Tadamasa; collector's seal | Wakai Kanesaburô; publisher's seal | Moriya Jihei

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.123

About

Sparrows and Rice Plants

Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu

Seals: collector's seal | Hayashi Tadamasa; collector's seal | Wakai Kanesaburô; publisher's seal | Moriya Jihei

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Lure of Ink

March 6 - July 5, 2009

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 Sparrows and Rice Plants with the accession number of 34.123. 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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