Art Institute of Chicago
New Year Gift
Kamata GensenLinkedCulture matchlcp-8be084fd8661
- Date
- 1863
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; surimono
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 42458
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This egoyomi print shows a plum blossom branch with noshi (gift-strip paper) for the New Year. It also includes a listing of daisho , or the long and short months. The first day of each zodiac sign for the months of 1863 is included in the poems. Kamata Gensen cheekily imitated the format and characters of official calendars issued by the government. Gensen wrote that he designed the print in response to a request, probably by the host of this particular poetry gathering.
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- Credit line
- Charles H. Mitchell Collection unrestricted gift
- Provenance
- Charles H. Mitchell (1910-1986), Tokyo; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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