Twelve Chicks (Each with Characters for the "Long" or "Short" Months) Egoyomi (Picture Calendar)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Chôsui Yabu ? (Japanese, active 1830–1864). Twelve Chicks (Each with Characters for the "Long" or "Short" Months) Egoyomi (Picture Calendar), 1861 (Year of the Cock). Woodblock print; horizontal Chûban yoko-e format, 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (18.1 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace in memory of her husband, Dr. Stanley L. Wallace, 2002.121.15. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Twelve Chicks (Each with Characters for the "Long" or "Short" Months) Egoyomi (Picture Calendar)
Date
1861 (Year of the Cock)
Period
Edo Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Woodblock print; horizontal Chûban yoko-e format
Classification
Dimensions
7 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (18.1 x 24.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed: Chôsui
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Eleanor Z. Wallace in memory of her husband, Dr. Stanley L. Wallace
Accession Number
2002.121.15
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