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Source Description
The technique here is marked by white lines and areas set against a dark background. Damp paper was placed on a carved wooden block and pressed into the engraved incisions. The paper was then hand colored, the sunken areas remaining white and appearing in reserve against the colored background. The effect is meant to resemble a stone rubbing, a traditional technique in China used to reproduce and preserve images on monuments on paper.
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Document identity
localId
152547
label
Falcon on a Willow
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obj
dtoType
print
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1
Source metadata
id
152547
contentType
print
title
Falcon on a Willow
description
The technique here is marked by white lines and areas set against a dark background. Damp paper was placed on a carved wooden block and pressed into the engraved incisions. The paper was then hand colored, the sunken areas remaining white and appearing in reserve against the colored background. The effect is meant to resemble a stone rubbing, a traditional technique in China used to reproduce and preserve images on monuments on paper.
date
c. 1780
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79937454
creators
23427
genreSpecific
Print
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 77.5 x 29.8 cm (30 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.)
cul
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1985.363
Source extras
tec
color woodblock print with hand coloring; stonerubbing technique (ishizuri-e)
tombstone
Falcon on a Willow, c. 1780. Attributed to Isoda Koryūsai (Japanese, 1735–1790). Color woodblock print with hand coloring; stonerubbing technique (ishizuri-e); overall: 77.5 x 29.8 cm (30 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.363
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Collector's Seal: Vever
citations
citation
Sotheby's London. <em>Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I</em>. March 26, 1974.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 69, lot no. 88
creditline
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:53:44.001000
sourceId
152547
dept
Japanese Art
coll
Japanese Art
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color woodblock print with hand coloring; stonerubbing technique (ishizuri-e)
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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