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Mori Ransai

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree, Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

22.2 x 31 cm (8 3/4 x 12 3/16 inches) (sheet) Overall measurement; Overall measurement. Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Catal

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription on both. [text and poems] inscribed right and inscribed left with titles as given; inscribed bottom:Kono tori Hakka ni hisureba so shin yasete nagaku o mo mata nagashi (This bird, compared to the hakka [may be same bird as34.468], has an entirely skinny and long body and also a long tail)

Signature: unsigned

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.465B

About

Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree
from the illustrated book Ransai gafu (Picture book by Ransai)

Inscription on both. [text and poems] inscribed right and inscribed left with titles as given; inscribed bottom:Kono tori Hakka ni hisureba so shin yasete nagaku o mo mata nagashi (This bird, compared to the hakka [may be same bird as34.468], has an entirely skinny and long body and also a long tail)

Signature: unsigned

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree, Edo (Japanese period)
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Complete illustration of a magpie in a tree, Edo (Japanese period)

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