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Kason Suzuki

Woman reading a dispatch (Senshi koho)

Description

Maker

Kason Suzuki (Japanese, 1860 - 1919)

Title

Woman reading a dispatch (Senshi koho)

Period

Meiji

Year

ca. 1904

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 21.4 x 30.5 cm (8 7/16 x 12 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: 64

Signature: Kason ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Kason

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1997.90.5

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Tradition and Innovation in Meiji-Period Prints
Dec 06, 2002 – Mar 02, 2003

Label copy

This dramatic presentation clearly alludes to the bad news conveyed in the dispatch being read by the seated woman.

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking II
Dec 09, 1998 – Mar 07, 1999

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Tombstone

Kason Suzuki (Japanese, 1860 - 1919)
Woman reading a dispatch (Senshi koho), ca. 1904
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 21.4 x 30.5 cm (8 7/16 x 12 inches)
Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs 1997.90.5

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