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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2774
People
Kitao Masayoshi, Japanese (1764 - 1824)
Title
Chinese Hwamei (Gabichō), reprinted from the album A Compendium of Pictures of Birds Imported from Overseas (Kaihaku raikin zui)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1793
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206857

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ōban
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Keisai sha

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.2774
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Later edition originally published in album form in 1789.

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