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Crows in the Moonlight

after Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳, 1658–1716

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868 | Meiji era, 1868–1912

x1959-77

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Title

Crows in the Moonlight

Maker

Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

sheet trimmed to block: 14.4 x 21.9 cm. (5 11/16 x 8 5/8 in.) mount: 32.5 x 50.3 cm. (12 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Gilbert S. McClintock, Class of 1908

Object Number

x1959-77

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Marks/Labels/Seals

Seals at left read “Hokkyō Kōrin” 法橋光琳

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Type

woodblock prints, prints, japanese printmaking styles

Materials

ink, paper, color

Techniques

woodcut (process)

Subject

crows, night, darkness, moons

<p>"Recent acquisitions", <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 20, no. 1 (1961): p. 24-27.</p>, p. 26

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Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Meiji era (1868–1912), after Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳 (1658–1716), Crows in the Moonlight. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; 14.4 x 21.9 cm (block), 32.5 x 50.3 cm (sheet). Bequest of Gilbert S. McClintock, Class of 1908 (x1959-77) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/10162

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