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Maker/s | Gakyo possibly Masataka possibly |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
screen fan |
Description | Screen fan, signed with seals: Gakyo or Masataka. Decorated, obverse: with model frogs by a low jardinière containing ? rice shoots and model cranes; reverse: with inscription. Stick: light softwood, carved. Ribs: bamboo. Face: printed from woodblocks; obverse: in red, green and grey; reverse in black. |
Production Place | Japan (maker) (country) () Japanese (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Stick: light softwood, carved. Ribs: bamboo. Face: printed from woodblocks; obverse: in red, green and grey; reverse in black. |
Dimensions |
length: (whole): 33.8
cm |
Period | late 19th Century |
Date | after 1870 to 1900 |
Provenance | bought: Anne, Countess of Rosse 1985-01-28 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
Documentation |
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Other Notes | Probably a New Year's fan. Old label stuck to the stick is inscribed: hamaguri uchiwa= shell-fish-shaped fan. |
Accession Number | O.11-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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