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Nakamura Hōchū

Bush warbler and blossoming plum (Ume ni uguisu), late 1800s-early 1900s

Description

Maker

Title

Bush warbler and blossoming plum (Ume ni uguisu)

Year

late 1800s-early 1900s

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 21.1 x 31.3 cm (8 5/16 x 12 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right: B

Identification

Edition

First edition published 1802; this is from a reprinted edition of the late 19th-early 20th century

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.401

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Korin Gafu and the Rimpa Tradition in Japanese Printmaking

March 8 - June 2, 2002

These three renditions of a composition of plum blossoms in moonlight illustrate how closely the subject was identified with Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716) and how often it was repeated by artists who worked in the Rimpa tradition. Here a nightingale has been added and poetry copied over the surface of the composition.

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