Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Title

Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1820–1830

Medium

Color woodblock print; sheet from shikishiban hexaptych, surimono

Dimensions

21.4 × 18.7 cm (8 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson Collection

Reference Number

1970.525

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