Ito Shinsui
Night at Ikenohata

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Artist Ito Shinsui(Japanese, 1898–1972)Japanese, 1898–1972

Publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō(Japanese, 1885–1962)Japanese, 1885–1962

CultureJapanese

Titles

Night at Ikenohata

Date1921

Printed inJapan

MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper, edition 10/100

DimensionsPlate or block: 15 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (38.7 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (41.3 × 26.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Stephen Hamilton, the Elizabeth S. and Marjorie G. Horning Asian Art Accessions Endowment, and Joan Lu

Object number2012.285

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Asian Art

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ProvenanceChristie's New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Sale 2552, "Japanese and Korean Art,"
21 March 2012, Lot 1037; The Art of Japan/Richard Waldman, Issaquah, Washington; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: signed and dated in brown ink, in image, lower left edge: [Taisho 10, first month \ artist name]
Mount, recto: signed in graphite, lower left: Shinsui
Verso: inscribed in ink, center: [inscription]
Sticker: mount, recto: inscribed in ink, lower right corner: 3283 \ [characters]

Recto: signed and dated in brown ink, in image, lower left edge: (Taisho 10, first month) \ (made by Shinsui)
Mount, recto: signed in graphite, lower left: Shinsui

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