Books, brazier, and small screen, from an untitled series on the theme of Shōchikubai (Pine, Bamboo, and Plum)
Keisai Eisen, Books, brazier, and small screen, 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, 32.644
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- Title
Books, brazier, and small screen, from an untitled series on the theme of Shōchikubai (Pine, Bamboo, and Plum)
- Related Titles
catalog entry: Books, brazier, and small screen, from an untitled series on the theme of "Pine, Bamboo, and Plum" (Shōchikubai)
original language; descriptive: 松（書物 火鉢 小屏風）
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. 74
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 7 3/4 in x 7 5/16 in; sheet: 8 3/16 in x 7 5/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: , printed in black ink, center left Transliteration (Translation): Kyōkadō Magao // Kari no fune kumo no tsunade no kono keshiki tsune ni mo gamona haru no akebono (At the dawn of spring, I wish we always could enjoy this view of a flotilla of geese with mooring ropes made from strands of cloud [by] Kyōkadō Magao) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Kyōkadō Magao. Translation from Graybill 2011.
inscription: , printed in black ink, center left Transliteration (Translation): Manzaitei Tamanari // Hatsugasumi laralu byōbu ga uraraka ni samusa mo saru no haru no kegoromo (As the year's first mists are draped over Byōbu Bay, cold weather turns fine and a feather cloak is shed in spring of the monkey year [by] Manzaitei Tamanari) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Manzaitei Tamanari. Translation from Graybill 2011.
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
32.644
- 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
