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Details
- Alternative title
- Seitei's album of birds and flowers: vol. 3
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 1891
- Media categories
- Book , Print
- Materials used
- bound book: 25 leaves, 22 images, colour woodcut
- Dimensions
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24.7 x 15.2 cm leaf; 24.7 x 16.7 x 1.1 cm closed book; 24.7 x 31.0 cm open book
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a - bamboo, 22.6 x 15 cm, image; leaf c
b - bamboo in snow, 20.6 x 28.3 cm, image; verso leaf c and leaf d
c - roosters, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf d and leaf e
d - plum grove, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf e and leaf f
e - cherry blossoms in rain, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf f and leaf g
f - cherry blossoms at night with a frog, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf g and leaf h
g - pines and tortoises, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf h and leaf i
h - irisis, 21.5 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf i and leaf j
i - crabs at the riverside, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf j and leaf k
j - fireflies in reeds, 23.7 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf k and leaf l
k - chrysanthemum, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf l and leaf m
l - thrush and spider, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf m and leaf n
m - doves on ivy, 22.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf n and leaf o
n - dove in rain, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf o and leaf p
o - dead tree, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf p and leaf q
p - gingko leaves, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf q and leaf r
q - dove, 21.4 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf r and leaf s
r - seed of arrowroot, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf s and leaf t
s - grapes, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf t and leaf u
t - moon and purple willow, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf u and leaf v
u - wisteria beans, 20.6 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf v and leaf w
v - crane in the morning sun, 21.1 x 28.6 cm, image; verso leaf w and leaf x
- Signature & date
Signed and dated c.r. to l.r. [verso leaf x], in Japanese, ink [inscribed] "Meiji nijû-san nen [illeg.] chô-getsu/ Seitei Watanabe [illeg.] ga [November 1890/ picture by Seitei Watanaba]" [and two artist's seal].
Signed l.l. [leaf c], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf c], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.l. [leaf e], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf d], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf f], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf g], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed c.r. [verso leaf h], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf j], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf k], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf l], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf m], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf n], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf q], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.l. [leaf t], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.r. [verso leaf t], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed l.l. [leaf v], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
Signed c.r. [verso leaf v], in Japanese, ink [stamped] "[artist's seal]". Not dated.- Credit
- Gift of Mr J.H. Myrtle 1990
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 238.1990.a-y
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Watanabe Seitei
Works in the collection
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Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication