Making Bamboo Flower Vases (Take no hanaire o tsukuru shokunin 竹の花居れを作る職人)
Making Bamboo Flower Vases (Take no hanaire o tsukuru shokunin 竹の花居れを作る職人)

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Making Bamboo Flower Vases (Take no hanaire o tsukuru shokunin 竹の花居れを作る職人)

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗, active ca. 1810–1853
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
x1983-104

Information

Title
Making Bamboo Flower Vases (Take no hanaire o tsukuru shokunin 竹の花居れを作る職人)
Maker
Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 20.9 x 18 cm. (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.) sheet: 28.2 x 23.8 cm. (11 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.) mat: 40.6 x 30.5 cm. (16 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka
Object Number
x1983-104
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Poems at top by Bunbunsha and Buno sha Shunri, both of Katsushika-Ren.
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, surimono, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
surimono, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
craftsmen, bamboo, saws, poems, men, figures (representations)

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