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Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Date unknown · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

The design of this surimono, a sumptuous print commissioned by one of the poetry clubs that flourished in the urban society of early-nineteenth-century Edo, uses the accoutrements of a Bugaku performance as auspicious imagery for a New Year's greeting.

Artist

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Date

Date unknown

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929