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Superb ExtraLarge double-page Woodblock print from 1892 by Imao Keinen (今尾 景年), representing a Eurasian Goshawk (オオタカ) grabbing a Eurasian …
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Superb ExtraLarge double-page Woodblock print from 1892 by Imao Keinen (今尾 景年), representing a Eurasian Goshawk (オオタカ) grabbing a Eurasian Teal (コガモ) among Andropogon virginicus plants, aka American Karukaya (カルカヤ)
from the album "Keinen Kachō Gafu" (景年花鳥畫譜) volume 4, Winter, plate 13
One of the most beautiful plates of the entire collection!
The same print is also in the collection of the British Museum, see:
Japanese Illustrated Book number: JIB.688.
On show at Minnesota Maritime Museum
and in collections of Brooklyn Museum, NY.
Year: 1892 (Meiji 25)
Size (overall): 367 x 506 mm ca
Colour Woodcut on Mulberry Paper
Very good condition, full artwork, no trimming/cropping (the small holes on the margins are due to the binding and mandatory in this edition)
Beautiful colours
See Pulverer Collection, Smithsonian Institution (same first edition with Japanese numbers, very rare, for internal market - another more common and less exotic edition with Roman number has been published the same year for export)
The listing is for the original print only. The Japanese colophon is shown as a proof of the 1892 edition.
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This piece has an attribution mark,
I am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
issues arising from misattribution
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- Dimensions
- 19.69ʺW × 14.17ʺH
- Art Subjects
- Animals
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Condition Notes
- Excellent — This vintage piece is in near original condition. It may show minimal traces of use and/or have slight … moreExcellent — This vintage piece is in near original condition. It may show minimal traces of use and/or have slight restorations\. Minimal/Negligible traces of age less
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