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Bamboo and Wreath

A work made of color woodblock print; surimono.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of color woodblock print; surimono.

Date:

1850s

Artist:

Maezawa Otei
Japanese, 1827-?

About this artwork

This is a small surimono on yellow-dyed paper that depicts a bamboo stem with a grass wreath. The print contains only two poems: one inside the wreath and one on the left side of the stalk. By skillfully managing the print’s limited space, Maezawa Otei was able to create three zones for inscriptions, for the two poems and for the artist’s signature.
Otei, also known as Maezawa Imon, was a painter and print designer working in Osaka. He was one of many practicing artists who originally came from another province (in his case, Echigo), pointing to the frequency of regional movement within the artist class.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Maezawa Otei

Title

Bamboo and Wreath

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.

1850–1859

Medium

Color woodblock print; surimono

Dimensions

11.4 × 9.2 cm (4 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift

Reference Number

1972.1760

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