Copper Pheasant on a Rock, with Cherry Blossoms

桜と石に山鳥

Rissen (Japanese)
Possibly by: Utagawa Kunisato (Japanese, died in 1858)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 31.8 x 11.5 cm (12 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number15.165

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionRissen may be a pseudonym of Utagawa Kunisato, who is known to have used the name Rissensai (because his parents ran a confectionary shop in Honjo Tatekawa).

Signed Rissen hitsu
立川筆

Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
版元：なし