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Cranes and Sun


旭に鶴
Yanagawa Shigemasa (Japanese, active 1840s–1860s)
Japanese
Edo period, or Meiji-era copy of Edo-period design

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.5 x 18.5 cm (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9252
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, List of surimono copies in square format, #133
DescriptionProbably a Group A copy.
Signed Yanagawa Shigemasa hitsu
柳川重政筆
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.