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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Japanese
Title:Surimono of Plum Blossoms, Tobacco Pouch, and a Goat Netsuke
Date Made:ca. 1800
Type:Print
Materials:polychrome woodblock print
Place Made:Edo
Measurements:overall: 5 in x 10 13/16 in; 12.7 cm x 27.5 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.296
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
surimono; egoyomi

Label Text:
This print by an unidentified artist is typical of surimono in that it features very stylized calligraphy and use of primarily grey, rather than black, ink. It was likely commissioned in celebration of the year of the goat, as indicated by the presence of the netsuke. Though this design appears less extravagant than the other surimono on display here, it is likely that in addition to the draughtsman, a calligrapher was hired to write the verse, adding to the expense of the publication. 
- BB, ed., 2015

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