Setchū no mume (Plum amidst Snow), from the series Sanbukutsui (Set of Three)
Nishimura Shigenaga, Setchū no mume (Plum amidst Snow), from the series Sanbukutsui (Set of Three), 1720s, monochrome woodblock print with hand coloring and metallic filings on paper; hosoban urushi-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.38
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- Title
Setchū no mume (Plum amidst Snow), from the series Sanbukutsui (Set of Three)
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Setchū no mume (Plum amidst Snow): Prostitute in the guise of an itinerant nun, accompanied by a child. Center sheet from a triptych titled Sanpukutsui (A Set of Three)
original language: 雪中の梅
series (original language): さんぶくつい
series (translated): Set of Three
series (transliterated): Sanbukutsui
translated: Plum amidst Snow
transliterated: Setchū no mume
- Artist
- Related People
publisher: Izumiya Gonshirō (Japanese, active ca. 1718-late 1730s)
- Date
1720s
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
monochrome woodblock print with hand coloring and metallic filings on paper; hosoban urushi-e
- Edition
no other known impressions
- Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyoe shūka, vol. 9, p. 180; Ukiyoe taikei, vol. 1, p. 106.
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
sheet: 13 1/4 in x 6 5/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
seal: Shige
signature: eshi Nishimura Shigenaga
signature/maker's mark: signature: Nishimura Shigenobu, fude
- 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
32.38
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
1999 Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Museum's Collections Portland Art Museum
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
