Nishikawa SUKENOBU
(Japan 1671–1750)
- Title
- (Girl with koto)
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Year
- post 1716
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print
- Dimensions
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Chûban tate-e: 26.3 x 17.9cm image/sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed u.l., in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Yamato-e-shi Nishikawa Sukenobu hitsu [Drawn by Nishikawa Sukenobu, yamato-e painter]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1930
- Accession number
- 4349
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Sukenobu was a leading Kyoto master who turned from classical subjects to the depiction of contemporary life. This image is a fine example of a 'sumizuri-e' (ink print), the basis of all prints.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.248.
- Bibliography (3)
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Jackie Menzies (Australia) (Author), The Floating World: Japan's world of transient pleasures, Sydney, 1994. cat.no. M24
Gary Hickey (Author), Beauty & desire in Edo period Japan, Parkes, 1998, 44, 45 (colour illus.), 71. plate no. 2
'The Floating World', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 248 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (2)
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The Floating World: Japan's World of transient pleasures, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 May 1994–17 Jul 1994.
Beauty and Desire in Edo period Japan, National Gallery of Australia, 06 Jun 1998–09 Aug 1998.
