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Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美

Chrysanthemums and butterflies (Kiku to botan)

Description

Maker

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (Japanese, 1764-1824, b. in Edo, Japan)
Shunpudo Noshiro Ryuko (Japanese), block carver
Matsumoto Zenbei (Japanese), publisher

Title

Chrysanthemums and butterflies (Kiku to botan)
A mirror of flowers and birds (Ehon kacho kagami)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1789

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

color, ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 21.8 x 37.9 cm (8 9/16 x 14 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at left.
[text and poems]
poems by Toyosawa Kokosai

Signature: Keisai sha

Seals: Artist's seal | Kitao Masayoshi

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.537

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Of Clover and Chrysanthemum
Autumn Themes in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Sep 01, 2010 – Dec 12, 2010

Label copy

Chrysanthemums are a subject borrowed from China, where they became popular through the poetry of Tao Qian (365-427). In both China and Japan, the celebration of the Chrysanthemum Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which in this year, 2010, falls on October 16th (according to the Gregorian calendar used internationally today), called for the drinking of chrysanthemum wine to achieve long life.

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007
Of Clover and Chrysanthemums
Autumn Themes on Paper and Cloth
Sep 15, 1995 – Dec 10, 1995

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Tombstone

Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (Japanese, 1764-1824, b. in Edo, Japan)
Shunpudo Noshiro Ryuko (Japanese), block carver
Matsumoto Zenbei (Japanese), publisher
Chrysanthemums and butterflies (Kiku to botan); A mirror of flowers and birds (Ehon kacho kagami), 1789
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing
Sheet: 21.8 x 37.9 cm (8 9/16 x 14 15/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.537

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