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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
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[text and poems] title inscribed u. right uso shidarezakura the poem to the right reads: Tori hitotsu (translates to) A single bird nurete idekeri (translates to) just wet asazakura (translates to) from the morning cherries Poem by Setsuman (or Raiman, per Lane/ Forrer transliterates as Raiban)The poem may be given an erotic twist, implying a man fresh from making love in the pleasure quarters.
Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Eijudo; censor's seal | kiwame
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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Bullfinch and weeping cherry (Uso shidarezakura)
Untitled (known as Small Flowers)
[text and poems] title inscribed u. right uso shidarezakura the poem to the right reads: Tori hitotsu (translates to) A single bird nurete idekeri (translates to) just wet asazakura (translates to) from the morning cherries Poem by Setsuman (or Raiman, per Lane/ Forrer transliterates as Raiban)The poem may be given an erotic twist, implying a man fresh from making love in the pleasure quarters.
Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Eijudo; censor's seal | kiwame