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  • A still life with a patterned pouch, books, and a white and blue porcelain planter of flowers beneath columns of calligraphy.
  • A still life with a patterned pouch, books, and a white and blue porcelain planter of flowers beneath columns of calligraphy.

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

Turtle Netsuke and Inro with Potted Plant and Books

Maker

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎 (1799-1820 in Edo, Japan)

Title

Turtle Netsuke and Inro with Potted Plant and Books

Period

Edo Period

Year

1822

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 19.4 x 18.3 cm (7 5/8 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 春風につれていさむや青柳のむちをあてたる野辺の若駒 和鳳亭糸長

年礼に見る花またも袴着てひらきなほりし元日の草 小松亭原見

千金の春をむかへて若水に万代まてもふえる銭亀 富貴窓花丸

Signature: 辰斎 Shinsai

Seals: Poetry group seal: Red drum

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.22

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Small Pleasures
Surimono from the Nineteenth Century
Mar 15, 1991 – Apr 28, 1991
Japanese Surimono Prints
Nov 28, 1986 – Jan 25, 1987

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎 (1799-1820 in Edo, Japan)
Turtle Netsuke and Inro with Potted Plant and Books, 1822
polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment (surimono)
Shikishiban: 19.4 x 18.3 cm (7 5/8 x 7 3/16 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.22

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