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篁子生石摺画選 杜若
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Iris, from the series Selected Stone-rubbing Pictures by Kôshisei (Kôshisei ishizuri gasen), also called Fan Series
篁子生石摺画選 杜若
Tsuchiya Rakuzan (Rakusan) (Japanese, 1896–1976)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1933–35 (Shôwa 8–10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.2 x 38.5 cm (9 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number46.408
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Rakusan.net, Gallery, Fan Series, no. 102-5
DescriptionAbout 180 designs in this series are known. The prints are in the style of rubbings taken from carved stones, but they were actually printed from woodblocks in the usual way.
Signed
(seal only)
Marks
Artist's seal: Sekishunro
ProvenanceBy 1946, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1946, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 9, 1946)