Ryuryukyo Shinsai
Five Festive Street Musicians During the Rice Festival

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Five Festive Street Musicians During the Rice Festival
Datec. 1810
Printed inJapan
MediumWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/8 × 7 1/4 in. (20.6 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stephen Hamilton
Object number2011.752
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceGeorge Pring Collection; through Honeychurch Antiques, Seattle, 23 February 1987; Stephen E. Hamilton, Houston;
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: signed in ink, in image, lower right edge: [artist signature]
Recto: inscribed in ink, in image, upper half: [inscription, poem?]
Verso: inscribed in graphite, lower right edge: (eleven) [characters]
Verso: inscribed in graphite, top left edge: Shinsai [cursive]
Verso: inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: 13.329

Recto: signed in ink, in image, lower right edge: [artist signature]

Recto: printed in red ink, in image, lower right edge: [artist seal]

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