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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Cuckoo and azaleas (Hototogisu satsuki)

Description

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

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

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1834

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 24.9 x 18.7 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/8 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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.486.2

Type

  • Prints

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Feathers, Flowers, Talons, and Fangs: Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007

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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Cuckoo and azaleas (Hototogisu satsuki); Untitled (known as Small Flowers); Untitled (known as Small flowers), ca. 1834
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 24.9 x 18.7 cm (9 13/16 x 7 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.486.2

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