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Maker(s):Kitagawa Utamaro II
Culture:Japanese (active 1800-1810)
Title:The Priest Kisen
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); sumizuri-e, ink on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Image: 23.3363 cm x 17.4625 cm; 9 3/16 in x 6 7/8 in; Sight: 23.495 cm x 17.4625 cm; 9 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Utamaro hitsu]; TITLE: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Kisen Hoshi]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]]; SEAL: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, To].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.446.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Priest Kisen, one of the Six Immortal Poets of the Heian Period, sits on the ground. One of his poems inscribed above. Publisher is Yamaguchiya Tobei (Kinkodo).

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