Books, writing box, and potted adonis flower with decorative fungus, from an untitled series on the theme of Shōchikubai (Pine, Bamboo, and Plum)
Keisai Eisen, Books, writing box, and potted adonis flower with decorative fungus, from an untitled series on the theme of Shōchikubai (Pine, Bamboo, and Plum), 1824, year of the monkey, color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; shikishiban surimono, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.643
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- Title
Books, writing box, and potted adonis flower with decorative fungus, from an untitled series on the theme of Shōchikubai (Pine, Bamboo, and Plum)
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Books, writing box, and potted adonis flower with decorative fungus, from an untitled series on the theme of "Pine, Bamboo, and Plum" (Shōchikubai)
original language; descriptive: 竹(本棚 文箱 福寿草)
series (original language); descriptive: 欠代摺物(松竹梅)
- Artist
- Date
1824, year of the monkey
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; shikishiban surimono
- Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill 2011, cat. 75
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 7 7/8 in x 7 1/4 in; sheet: 8 3/16 in x 7 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: , printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Kyōkadō Magao // Kakizome no // kawakanu sumi ni // kageroite // tama ni kemuri no // tatsu asahi kana (Hidden in the shade of the never-drying ink of the first calligraphy, the rising sun appears like a jewel amid smoke [by] Kyōkadō Magao) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Kyōkadō Magao. Translation from Graybill 2011.
inscription: , printed in black ink, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Chikushien Itoyori // Uguisu no // umareshi take no // fumidana ni // fushi no sugure // shiuta zo ōkaru (Will a bookshelf fashioned from bamboo where a warbler was born have "joint" compositions of wonderful melodies? [by] Chikushien Itoyori) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Chikushien Itoyori. Translation from Graybill 2011.
artist's seal: 英泉, printed in red relief and intaglio within square cartouches, bottom right Transliteration: Eisen Language: Japanese
signature: 渓斎, printed in black ink, bottom right Transliteration: Keisai 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
32.643
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum