Image

Kubo Shunman

Bronze Chinese lion on stand and potted adonis plant (Seido shishi to hachiue no hana), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Bronze Chinese lion on stand and potted adonis plant (Seido shishi to hachiue no hana)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left: #50/in a later hand: Shunman 1- Stamped in red ink, verso bottom left:[Japanese Characters][text and poems] Poems by Rokujien (n.b. not the famous poet Rokujuen) Tariyo + Sanshotei Yuzuru The first poem mentions "fukujuso,"the Adonis vernalis (spring pheasant's eye) composed of three Chinese characters, the first two auspicious characters meaning "good fortune" and "longevity."

Signature: Shunman | ?

Seals: Artist's seal | Shunman | ? | illegible

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.385

About

Bronze Chinese lion on stand and potted adonis plant (Seido shishi to hachiue no hana)

Inscription verso, bottom left: #50/in a later hand: Shunman 1- Stamped in red ink, verso bottom left:[Japanese Characters][text and poems] Poems by Rokujien (n.b. not the famous poet Rokujuen) Tariyo + Sanshotei Yuzuru The first poem mentions "fukujuso,"the Adonis vernalis (spring pheasant's eye) composed of three Chinese characters, the first two auspicious characters meaning "good fortune" and "longevity."

Signature: Shunman | ?

Seals: Artist's seal | Shunman | ? | illegible

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Use

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