Nakayama Sugakudo

White heron and sweet flag iris (Shirasagi hanashobu)

Maker

Nakayama Sugakudo (Japanese, fl. 1850-1860)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

White heron and sweet flag iris (Shirasagi hanashobu)
Sho utsushi shijuhattaka
Forty-eight hawks drawn from life

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1859.6

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 33.7 x 22.2 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription UR and LR.

Signature: Sugakudo

Seals: Artist's seal | Sugaku; publisher's seal | Koeido han;censor's seal | aratame; date seal | left margin; series number seal | center | 17

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.569

Type

Image use

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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

Tombstone

Nakayama Sugakudo (Japanese, fl. 1850-1860)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
White heron and sweet flag iris (Shirasagi hanashobu); Sho utsushi shijuhattaka; Forty-eight hawks drawn from life, 1859.6
Polychrome wood block printwith embossing
Plate: 33.7 x 22.2 cm (13 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.569

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