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Yanagibashi, from the series Tokyo jūnikei (Twelve Views of Tokyo)


Ishii Hakutei, Yanagibashi, from the series Tokyo jūnikei (Twelve Views of Tokyo), 1910, color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council in honor of Donald Jenkins, © unknown, research required, 2007.38

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Title

Yanagibashi, from the series Tokyo jūnikei (Twelve Views of Tokyo)

Related Titles

original language: 柳ばし

series (original language): 東京十二景

series (translated): Twelve Views of Tokyo

series (transliterated): Tokyo jūnikei

transliterated: Yanagibashi

Artist

Ishii Hakutei (Japanese, 1882-1958)

Related People

publisher: Takamura Kōtarō (Japanese, 1883-1956)

Date

1910

Period

Japan: Meiji period (1868-1912)

Medium

color woodblock print with embossing on paper; ōban nishiki-e

Catalogue Raisonné

Graybill 2011, cat. 140

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 13 1/16 in x 9 1/4 in; sheet: 15 1/2 in x 10 1/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

series title: 東京十二景, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on red ground, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Tokyo jūnikei (Twelve Scenes of Tokyo) Language: Japanese

title: 柳ばし, printed in black ink, center left Transliteration: Yanagibashi Language: Japanese

signature: 柏亭筆, printed in black ink, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Hakutei hitsu (brushed [by] Hakutei) Language: Japanese

carver's mark: 凡骨刀, printed in red relief within gourd-shaped cartouche, bottom right Transliteration (Translation): Bonkotsu tō (carved [by] Bonkotsu) Language: Japanese Description: Seal of the carver Igami Bonkotsu 伊上凡骨

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Modern Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council in honor of Donald Jenkins

Accession Number

2007.38

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

Japanese woodblock prints

Meiji

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

woodcuts

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Exhibitions

1983 Images of a Changing World: Japanese Prints of the Twentieth Century The Saint Louis Art Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; 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

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