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A Comparison of Pictures and Poems about Gourd Vines (Eguchiai Fukube no tsuru)

Date:

c. 1850

Artist:

Matsukawa Hanzan 松川半山 (Japanese, active 1850-1882)

About this artwork

The Osaka artist Matsukawa Hanzan created the illustrations for this large set of poems written by artists of various groups. The illustrations highlight featured poems, and the name of each poet is carefully noted in the illustrations along with the name of his group. Anthologies such as this were popular at the time and indicate the large number of poets and poetry groups in Japan. The members clearly identified themselves with the Japanese poetic traditions of the past, particularly the classical waka poetry of the Heian court.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Matsukawa Hanzan

Title

A Comparison of Pictures and Poems about Gourd Vines (Eguchiai Fukube no tsuru)

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1845–1855

Medium

Woodblock- printed book

Dimensions

22.9 × 16.3 × 3.2 cm (9 1/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Reference Number

2023.1414

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