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Lily, from the series Selected Stone-rubbing Pictures by Kôshisei (Kôshisei ishizuri gasen), also called Fan Series


篁子生石摺画選 百合
Tsuchiya Rakuzan (Rakusan) (Japanese, 1896–1976)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1933–35 (Shôwa 8–10)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 38.5 cm (9 11/16 x 15 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.323
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Rakusan.net, Gallery, Fan Series, no. 104-1
DescriptionAbout 180 designs in this series are known. The prints are in the style of rubbings taken from carved stones, but they were actually printed from woodblocks in the usual way.
Signed Rakuzan Kôshisei (in block)
楽山篁子生
Marks Artist's seal: Sekishunro (in block)
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 9, 1950)