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Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Grasshopper and rice plant

Description

Maker

Mori Shunkei 森春渓 (Japanese, Osaka ca. 1800-1820)

Title

Grasshopper and rice plant
Things creeping under hand
Chuka senzen

Period

Edo Period

Year

1820

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 21 x 28.6 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Seals: Seal at right.

Identification

Edition

The first edition of the book: 1-vol. on Chinese-style paper with mica highlights on some sheets;illustrated book with 25 unnumbered sheets: 12 illustrations printed in color + 11 sheets of calligraphy; preface signed Shohitsu and dated 1820.7; engraver Tani Seiko; seal Edo; sheet 24 signed and dated Shigehisa Mori (1915-1957) (Chicago) (sold American Art Galleries, New York, 1926) Shunkei, spring/summer 1820 + name of engraver and printer Tobu Tani Seiko, sealed hori (engraver); this page is not included in the 3 later editions of the book nor in the 1905 reprint. The reprint has the title Churui gafu (Insect album) and the 1905 facsimile the title Shunkei gafu (per Hillier) with plates bearing the artist's name and without sheets of calligraphy. See Xeroxed refs. in cat. file.This sheet is sheet 1 from one of the later editions of the original book confirmed in correspondence between Roger Keyes and Deborah Del Gais in cat. file.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.601

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

If Insects Could Speak
Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Early Nineteenth Century
Jul 29, 1994 – Sep 11, 1994
If Insects Could Speak
Japanese Woodblock Prints of Grasses and Insects from the Early Nineteenth Century
Jul 06, 1990 – Sep 02, 1990
Insect Prints and Insects
Feb 14, 1986 – May 25, 1986

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Mori Shunkei 森春渓 (Japanese, Osaka ca. 1800-1820)
Grasshopper and rice plant; Things creeping under hand; Chuka senzen, 1820
Polychrome wood block print
Sheet: 21 x 28.6 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.601

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