Child Reaching for a Fishbowl
c. mid 1720s
Nishimura Shigenaga
Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?-1756)
Japanese Art
Child Reaching for a Fishbowl, c. mid 1720s. Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?-1756). Hand-colored woodblock print; sheet: 33.7 x 15.9 cm (13 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.349 This early hand-colored print is enriched with a technique called urushi-e (literally “lacquer picture”), in which glue is painted over areas of black pigment, producing a lustrous surface reminiscent of lacquer. Metal filings sprinkled onto the designs of parasols, a fan, and musical instruments on the woman’s kimono enhance the sense of luxury.
- Maker/Artist
- Nishimura Shigenaga
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- hand-colored woodblock print
- Medium
- hand-colored, woodblock, print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 33.7 x 15.9 cm (13 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signature: Yamato eshi Nishimura Shigenaga zu Artist Seal: Shigenaga Publisher: Izumiya Gonshiro (Benie kongen Asakusa mitsuke dobocho Gonshiro)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.349
- Credit Line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Exhibitions
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection<br>Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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