Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

Falcon on snow-laden pine eyeing sparrow (Yukimatsu ni taka to suzume)

Maker

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)

Title

Falcon on snow-laden pine eyeing sparrow (Yukimatsu ni taka to suzume)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 33.7 x 15.6 cm (13 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed at right | Keisai

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.507

Type

Exhibition History

Pines in the Snow
Images of Winter in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Dec 13, 1996 – Mar 02, 1997
A Celebration of the New Year in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Jan 01, 1990 – Mar 01, 1990

Label copy

This subject alludes to a folktale that wild falcons seize small birds to keep their claws warm in winter nights and release them in the morning. Out of gratitude, the falcon refuses to hunt in the direction of the bird's flight.

Hokusai and His Followers
May 15, 1987 – Sep 27, 1987

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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

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (Japanese, 1790-1848, b. in Edo)
Falcon on snow-laden pine eyeing sparrow (Yukimatsu ni taka to suzume), 1820s
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 33.7 x 15.6 cm (13 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.507

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