Image

Hanzan Matsukawa

Woman and bird cage (Bijin to torikago)

Description

Maker

Hanzan Matsukawa (Japanese)

Title

Woman and bird cage (Bijin to torikago)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1860s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 17.8 x 23.6 cm (7 x 9 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left corner in pencil: 21; verso, bottom right corner in pencil: 65.

[text and poems]
inscription before signature indicates that the subject illustrates a scene from Genji Monogatari

Signature: Kakyo Hanzan

Seals: Artist's seal ~ red | Obutsu Shakei

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1997.90.3

Type

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Tombstone

Hanzan Matsukawa (Japanese)
Woman and bird cage (Bijin to torikago), 1860s
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing
Sheet: 17.8 x 23.6 cm (7 x 9 5/16 inches)
Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs 1997.90.3

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