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Kason Suzuki

Woman reading a dispatch (Senshi koho), ca. 1904

Description

Maker

  • Kason Suzuki, Japanese

Title

Woman reading a dispatch (Senshi koho)

Year

ca. 1904

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: 64

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1997.90.5

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Tradition and Innovation in Meiji-Period Prints

December 6, 2002 - March 2, 2003

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

19th-Century Japanese Printmaking II

December 9, 1998 - March 7, 1999

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 Woman reading a dispatch (Senshi koho) with the accession number of 1997.90.5. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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