Image

Mori Kansai

album

Description

Maker

Mori Kansai (Japanese, 1814-1894)

Title

album

Period

Meiji

Year

1873

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, gold

Supports

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

26.7 x 21.6 x 2.2 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed "Kansai sho-o Mori Koshuku hitsu" ("the brush of the old woodcutter Kansai Mori Koshuku") in two (2) columns along right margin.

Seals: dated 1873.10 on eighth leaf; each sealed (Kansai) (Koshuku)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund

Object Number

2001.16

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Korin Gafu and the Rimpa Tradition in Japanese Printmaking
Mar 08, 2002 – Jun 02, 2002

Label copy

This wonderful painting is Kansai’s statement in the Rimpa style. Note how effectively he uses the tarashikomi technique, in which a drop of color would be added to a select area (often green on black) before that area had dried completely, allowing the two pigments to blend together in slightly unpredictable and uncontrolled ways.

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Mori Kansai (Japanese, 1814-1894)
album, 1873
ink, color and gold on silk; versos stenciled in blue
26.7 x 21.6 x 2.2 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 7/8 inches)
Elizabeth T. and Dorothy N. Casey Fund 2001.16

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