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Ginbai (Silver Plum): Cosmetics bowl, lacquer comb, and hair ornaments, from the series Hanazono bantsuzuki (A Series for the Hanazono Circle)


Totoya Hokkei, Ginbai (Silver Plum): Cosmetics bowl, lacquer comb, and hair ornaments, from the series Hanazono bantsuzuki (A Series for the Hanazono Circle), probably 1823, color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; shikishiban surimono, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.706

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Title

Ginbai (Silver Plum): Cosmetics bowl, lacquer comb, and hair ornaments, from the series Hanazono bantsuzuki (A Series for the Hanazono Circle)

Related Titles

original language: 銀梅

series (original language): 花園番続

series (translated): A Series for the Hanazono Circle

series (transliterated): Hanazono bantsuzuki

translated: Silver Plum

transliterated: Ginbai

Artist

Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850)

Date

probably 1823

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; shikishiban surimono

Catalogue Raisonné

Graybill 2011, cat. 80

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image/sheet: 8 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in

Inscriptions & Markings

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Jōsōan // Murasaki ni beni o // shibori no wage yui wa // kasumi no naka o // izuru hi no kage (Like a hair ribbon colored light purple with red tie-dying, the sun appears through spring mist [by] Jōsōan) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Jōsōan. Translation from Graybill 2011.

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Oshiroi no yuki no // naka ni mo haru tachite // midori no iro wa // kaenu sasabeni // Tsuru no Haruko (As spring arrives amidst snow falling like makeup powder, rouge takes on a tinge green as bamboo grass [by] Tsuru no Haruko) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Tsuru no Haruko. Translation from Graybill 2011.

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper middle Transliteration (Translation): Karagoromo no Makiko // Hana no saku haru no // kashira no Yoshino-gami // oboro ni miyuru // tsuki no marumon (At the start of spring, when flowers blossom in Yoshino, paper made there has round crests of the moon wrapped in a halo of haze [by] Karagoromo no Makiko) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Karagoromo no Makiko. Translation from Graybill 2011.

inscription: , printed in black ink on blue ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Hakushoku kōben kōki ari hōshi mattaku e no umehachi no gotoshi (Colored white, its fluffy petals glisten brilliantly. So elegantly formed, it resembles a picture of a potted plum) Language: Japanese Description: Seven-syllable couplet in Chinese verse rendered using Japanese pronunciation.

title: 銀梅, printed in black on blue ground, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Ginbai (Silver plum) Language: Japanese

series title: 花園番続, printed in red ink within rectangular cartouche, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Hanazono bantsuzuki (Series for the Hanazono Circle) Language: Japanese

signature: 北渓, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration: Hokkei Language: Japanese

inscription: , printed in black ink, upper middle Transliteration (Translation): Kangakutei Fukura // Shirogane no ume saku haru wa // kanzashi ni hikari terisou // mikazuki no kushi (As the silver plum blossoms in spring, hairpins and the comb of the crescent moon glisten ever more brightly [by] Kangakutei Fukura) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Kangakutei Fukura. Translation from Graybill 2011.

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

32.706

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

relief printing

relief prints

surimono

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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