attrib, Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣
Japanese, 1618-1694
A Collection of Flowers and Birds (Kacho zukushi)
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attrib, Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣
Japanese, 1618-1694Edo period (1615-1868), 1683
A Collection of Flowers and Birds (Kacho zukushi)
attrib, Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣 Japanese, 1618-1694 →Japanese (culture or style)bookwoodblock
Date
Edo period (1615-1868), 1683
Medium
Woodblock-printed book, sumizuri-e
Dimensions
25.5 × 18.5 cm (10 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Martin A. Ryerson Collection
This volume of ten sheets depicts twenty-six birds and flowers, with extraordinary attention to detail. Here we see a group of cranes at the seashore.
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