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B.S #18 Silence
B.S #18 Silence

B.S #18 Silence

Date1965
Maker Ryuji Kosaka Japanese, 1912-1972
Label TextThis print from Kosaka's Blue Stone series, with flattened, rounded shapes and ripple-like striations, evokes the natural landscape of a Japanese tea garden. The artist uses thick poster paint applied atop a still-damp watercolor base to achieve the richly-textured visual effect.
Object number98.53.91
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Beyond the Paper Plane: Japanese Prints from the 1950s to 1970s", September 4, 2004 - June 26, 2005 (9/4/2004 - 6/26/2005)
Credit LineGift of Frances and Thomas Blakemore
MediumWoodblock print
B.S #18 Silence
B.S #18 Silence
Ryuji Kosaka
Object number: 98.53.92
Bamboo and Stone
Bamboo and Stone
Ryuji Kosaka
1964
Object number: 68.189
Image Not Available for Bamboo, issue no. 18
Bamboo, issue no. 18
Scott Smith
1994
Object number: 95.40.18
Image Not Available for WHEN THE ROOM CAN HOLD SILENCE WHY CAN'T IT HOLD MY SCREAM
WHEN THE ROOM CAN HOLD SILENCE WHY CAN'T IT HOLD MY SCREAM
Cheryl Pope
2016
Object number: 2017.26.5
Chrysanthemum, Mustard Seed Garden Manual
Chrysanthemum, Mustard Seed Garden Manual
Cheng An
1796-1820
Object number: 39.89
Photo: Scott Leen
Mount Rainier
Yoshida Hiroshi
1925
Object number: 2004.21
Photo: William Wickett
South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
Image Not Available for Teahouse Waitress behind a Bamboo Blind, from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places
Teahouse Waitress behind a Bamboo Blind, from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1795-96
Object number: 2017.23.8
Photo: Susan Cole
Picture of the Middle Class (Chubon no zu), from the series Three Ranks of Young Women according to Their Fashions (Fuzoku sandan musume)
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1795
Object number: 2017.23.5
Photo: Susan Cole
Beauty Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net
Kitagawa Utamaro
1795-98
Object number: 2017.23.9
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
In the Well of the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-32
Object number: 2009.71
Image Not Available for Actor seated on a shishi representing the bodhisattva Monju (Yaro Monju)
Actor seated on a shishi representing the bodhisattva Monju (Yaro Monju)
Okumura Masanobu
ca 1725 - 30
Object number: 2011.40.4