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Rei (Decorum), from the series Ukiyo rikugei ryaku (Playful Variations on the Six Virtues of the Floating World)


Isoda Koryūsai, Rei (Decorum), from the series Ukiyo rikugei ryaku (Playful Variations on the Six Virtues of the Floating World), ca. 1773-1775, color woodblock print on paper; chūban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.102

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Title

Rei (Decorum), from the series Ukiyo rikugei ryaku (Playful Variations on the Six Virtues of the Floating World)

Related Titles

original language: 礼

series (original language): 浮世六芸略

series (translated): Playful Variations on the Six Virtues of the Floating World

series (transliterated): Ukiyo rikugei ryaku

translated: Decorum

transliterated: Rei

Artist

Isoda Koryūsai (Japanese, 1735-1790)

Date

ca. 1773-1775

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper; chūban nishiki-e

Edition

no other known impressions

Catalogue Raisonné

Graybill 2011, cat. 40

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 9 3/4 in x 7 5/8 in; sheet: 10 1/4 in x 7 5/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper left Language: Japanese Description: Poetic inscription

series title; title: 浮世六藝略 / 禮, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on white reserve ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Ukiyo rikugei ryaku / rei (Playful variations on the six virtues of the floating world: Decorum) Language: Japanese

signature: 湖龍画, printed in black ink, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Koryū ga (picture [by] Koryū) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.102

Copyright

public domain

Terms

chuban

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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