Image

Mori Ransai

Hawk living in autumn trees

Description

Maker

Mori Ransai (Japanese, 1740?-1801)
Owada Yasubei (Japanese), publisher
Inoue Shofu (Japanese), block carver
Inoue Seifu (Japanese), block carver
Suwaraya Mohei (Japanese), publisher

Title

Hawk living in autumn trees
from the illustrated book Ransai gafu (Picture book by Ransai)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1801

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

21.9 x 31 cm (8 5/8 x 12 3/16 inches) (sheet) Mat size: D; Top margin visible towards the left side only.; Asian Art Department Carpenter

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription LL.

Signature: unsigned

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.470

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Beauty of Black in Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
Mar 20, 1990 – Apr 06, 1990

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Tombstone

Mori Ransai (Japanese, 1740?-1801)
Owada Yasubei (Japanese), publisher
Inoue Shofu (Japanese), block carver
Inoue Seifu (Japanese), block carver
Suwaraya Mohei (Japanese), publisher
Hawk living in autumn trees; from the illustrated book Ransai gafu (Picture book by Ransai), 1801
woodblock print
21.9 x 31 cm (8 5/8 x 12 3/16 inches) (sheet) Mat size: D; Top margin visible towards the left side only.; Asian Art Department Carpenter
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.470

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