Image

Mori Shunkei

Camellia and narcissus (Tsubaki to suisen), ca. 1810'S

Description

Maker

Title

Camellia and narcissus (Tsubaki to suisen)

Year

ca. 1810'S

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

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)

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.609

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Marking the Occasion

February 3 - May 28, 2006

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

September 15 - December 3, 2000

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.

Use

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