Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (鶯 垂櫻 Uso shidarezakura), Edo Period

Maker

Title

Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (鶯 垂櫻 Uso shidarezakura)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Chūban: 24.5 x 17.6 cm (9 5/8 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 鳥ひとつ　濡れて出けり　朝さくら　雪万
Translation: A single bird wets / its feathers and flits away / morning cherry -Poem by Setsuman

Haikai poem by the shamisen master Sugano Joyu II (1784-1841), poetry name Senraian Setsuman

Signature: 前北斎為一筆 Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brushed by Zen Hokusai Iitsu)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 永壽堂 Eijudō (Nishimuraya Yohachi); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.489

Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (鶯 垂櫻 Uso shidarezakura)
Untitled (known as Small Flowers)

Inscription Text/Poem: 鳥ひとつ　濡れて出けり　朝さくら　雪万
Translation: A single bird wets / its feathers and flits away / morning cherry -Poem by Setsuman

Haikai poem by the shamisen master Sugano Joyu II (1784-1841), poetry name Senraian Setsuman

Signature: 前北斎為一筆 Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brushed by Zen Hokusai Iitsu)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 永壽堂 Eijudō (Nishimuraya Yohachi); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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