bolts of fabric, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

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Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, bolts of fabric
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, bolts of fabric
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
bolts of fabric
circa late 1810s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
1764–1820
bolts of fabric, circa late 1810s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 225 x 192 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 88 9/16 x 75 9/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 0000.1463
Not on display
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Label texts

Archive Label date unknown: Four samples of finely patterned silk crepe are complemented by four verses. "Upon the still unmelted snow, mist reflects the crimson of the morning sun on printed silk crepe." "Looking as though they are wearing trousers of mist- the distant mountains in the delicate pattern of silk crepe." "A starry night dyed with mist, as smooth to the touch as a soft spring breeze- a delicate pattern on silk crepe." "The green willow mid boulders is cold from the hailstones mixed in the delicate pattern of silk crepe.

Exhibitions

Surimono Prints from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1991
Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints
Roger Keyes, curator
1986
Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints
Roger Keyes, curator
1986
Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints
Roger Keyes, curator
1984

Citations

Keyes, Roger, and Carol Shankel, Project Director. Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Prints in the Spencer Museum of Art. Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd, 1984.