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Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵

Swallows and willows (Yanagi ni tsubame)

Description

Maker

Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)

Title

Swallows and willows (Yanagi ni tsubame)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 22.4 x 16.8 cm (8 13/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at right.
[text and poems] with title as given

Signature: Keisai

Seals: Artist's seal | Sen; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.517

Type

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Tombstone

Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)
Swallows and willows (Yanagi ni tsubame), 1820s
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 22.4 x 16.8 cm (8 13/16 x 6 5/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.517

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