Mori Shunkei 森春渓

Camellia and narcissus (Tsubaki to suisen)

Maker

Mori Shunkei 森春渓 (Japanese, Active in Osaka ca. 1800-1820)

Title

Camellia and narcissus (Tsubaki to suisen)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1810s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 38.4 x 52.4 cm (15 1/8 x 20 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right quadrant in pencil: 238

[notations]
The words kanreki in the first inscription indicate that the print was made on the occasion of a man named Seihan's 60th birthday.

[text and poems]
poems by Seihan (the person celebrating his birthday), far right; Kawata; Bunhachi; Izo; Suisho (far left)

Signature: Signed at right | Shunkei

Seals: Artist's seal | kakihan

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.609

Type

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007
Marking the Occasion
The Japanese Tradition of Surimono
Feb 03, 2006 – May 28, 2006

Label copy

This large surimono is a self-commemoration of the sixtieth birthday (kanreki), probably of the first writer who inscribed a poem after the introductory preface on the right. Both of these flowers blossom early in the year, and the camellia in particular is associated with the New Year, the day on which everyone became a year older in premodern Japan. By Western count, the sponsor of the print would probably have been at least sixty-one.

Marking the Occasion
Surimono from Edo and Osaka
Sep 15, 2000 – Dec 03, 2000

Label copy

This large surimono is a self-commemoration of the sixty-first birthday (kanreki), probably of this first writer who inscribed a poem after the introductory preface on the right .Both of these flowers blossom early in the year, and the camellia in particular is associated with the New Year, the day on which everyone became a year older in premodern Japan.

Surimono
Selections from the Japanese Print Collection
Jun 09, 1998 – Sep 08, 1998

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Mori Shunkei 森春渓 (Japanese, Active in Osaka ca. 1800-1820)
Camellia and narcissus (Tsubaki to suisen), ca. 1810s
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 38.4 x 52.4 cm (15 1/8 x 20 5/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.609

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