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Maker(s):Rakusan Tsuchiya (Rakuzan)
Culture:Japanese (1896-1976)
Title:Take no hana ni goisagi (banshun) [Bamboo flowers and black-crowned night herons (late spring)], from the series Rakuzan kachou gafu [Rakusan's Flower and Bird Print Series]
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Sheet: 18 1/4 in x 23 7/8 in; 46.4 cm x 60.6 cm; Image: 13 1/4 in x 18 3/4 in; 33.7 cm x 47.6 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, lwr. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Take no hana ni goisagi (banshun)]; SIGNATURE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Rakuzan Koushisei]; SEAL: recto, upp. l. (red ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]]
Accession Number:  MH 1975.4.2
Credit Line:Gift of Dorothy L. Blair (Class of 1914)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Two Night Herons (goisagi) among bamboo blossoms, one of which has fish in tis beak.

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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