Image

RISDM 34-489.tif

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Bullfinch and weeping cherry (Uso shidarezakura), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Title

Bullfinch and weeping cherry (Uso shidarezakura)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 24.8 x 17.6 cm (9 3/4 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.489

About

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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