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Maker(s):Ogata Gekkō
Culture:Japanese (1859-1920)
Title:Untitled (Rat, Rake, and Okame Mask)
Date Made:ca. 1910
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:overall: 9 7/8 in x 9 9/16 in; 25.1 cm x 24.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.257
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
shikishiban; kachō-e

Label Text:
This print is signed and sealed at top-right "Gekkō." Gekkō made many animal and flower prints in the shikishiban format and was also known for using metallic pigments as accents, as he has done here with the splash-like marks on either side of the rat.

Tags:
animals; farm equipment; masks

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