Yamamoto Shoun
On a Riverbank

ArtistJapanese, 1870–1965
PublisherJapanese, 1836–1891
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • On a Riverbank
  • from the series Children at Play
  • Kodomo asobi
Date1906
MediumWoodblock print; color on kozo paper
DimensionsBlock: 8 × 11 7/8 in. (20.3 × 30.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 13 5/8 in. (23.8 × 34.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Usha and Kumara Peddamatham
Object number2019.299
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance[Scholten Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: printed in black ink; upper right edge: 子供あそび 春けしき [Kodomo asobi Haru Keshiki, Children at Play: Spring Season]
Recto: printed in black ink; lower right corner; 昇雲 [Shoun]

Recto: printed in red ink; lower right corner: [artist's seal Shokoku]
Recto: printed in brown ink; left bottom edge: Sold by Daikokuya, H. MATSUKI, No. 2 Yoshikawa cho, Ryogoku, Tokyo, Japan.
Recto: printed in brown ink; lower left edge: [Printed Meiji 39, 12th month, 15th day, and publisher information]

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