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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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Books, writing box, and potted adonis flower with decorative fungus, from an untitled series on the theme of Shōchikubai (Pine, Bamboo, and Plum)

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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

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)

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

Edo

flowers

Japanese woodblock prints

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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