Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cuckoo and azaleas (Hototogisu satsuki), Edo Period

Maker

Title

Cuckoo and azaleas (Hototogisu satsuki)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 23.8 x 17.6 cm (9 3/8 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscriptions at left and right.
[text and poems]
title inscribed u. right Hototogisu satsuki
the Chinese poem to the left may be translated loosely:

Surprised midday by the crack of mountain bamboo,
the cuckoo makes its first cry.

Poem by Yoseisai (Japanese reading)

Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu

Seals: Combination seal ~ rounded-rectangular | manji ~ artist's emblem | kiwame ~ censor's seal; 6/28/96 seal printed on block, a later impression (R.Keyes)

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.486.1

Cuckoo and azaleas (Hototogisu satsuki)
Untitled (known as Small flowers)

Inscriptions at left and right.
[text and poems]
title inscribed u. right Hototogisu satsuki
the Chinese poem to the left may be translated loosely:

Surprised midday by the crack of mountain bamboo,
the cuckoo makes its first cry.

Poem by Yoseisai (Japanese reading)

Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu

Seals: Combination seal ~ rounded-rectangular | manji ~ artist's emblem | kiwame ~ censor's seal; 6/28/96 seal printed on block, a later impression (R.Keyes)

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

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