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Maker(s):Imao Keinen; Nishimura Sōemon, publisher
Culture:Japanese (1845–1924); Japanese (active 1890s)
Title:No. 17 [Bird and Plant]
Date Made:1930s
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Place Made:Kyoto
Measurements:overall: 14 3/8 in x 10 5/8 in; 36.5 cm x 27.0 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2005.708
Credit Line:Gift of William Green
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
kachō-e; vertical ōban; ehon

Label Text:
This impression is likely a later re-issue of the original, which was published by Nishimura Sōemon as part of a four-volume set of kachō-e by Keinen, entitled "Keinen Kachō Gafu," published in 1891–1892. The woodblocks were cut by Tanaka Hirokichi with the original printing executed by Miki Jinzaburō. This impression, which bears no identifying marks aside from "No. 17" at upper-middle, is typical of the posthumous editions of Keinen's kachō-e, which date to the 1930s.

Amhest College's Frost Library owns a complete set of the original four-volume work as part of the Soffer Ornithology Collection.

Tags:
birds; nature; branches; leaves; flowers

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