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Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Iris and Peony (牡丹 燕子花 Botan kakitsubata)

Maker

After Kubo Shunman 窪俊満 (1757-1820, b. and worked in Edo, Japan)

Title

Iris and Peony (牡丹 燕子花 Botan kakitsubata)
from the series Plants for the Kasumi Circle (霞連草木合 Kasumi-ren sōmoku awase)

Period

Meiji

Year

1890s

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 春夏の あひのいろなる 杜若水の あさきにふかき紫 愚連堂凹
Translation: The colour of the time between Spring and Summer: irises, deep purple in shallow water. Poem by Gurendō Nakakubo
(Translation from Keyes, Roger 1985, The Art of Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (1941), 366)

Inscription Text/Poem: 花の色は 餅屋酒屋と 咲分て とれも目につく 隣草哉 俳諧歌場
Translation: The colours of flowers are as different as cake and wine sellers; even so, everyone notices the neighbouring peonies. Poem by Haikai Utaba
(Translation from Keyes, Roger 1985, The Art of Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (1941), 366)

Seals: Designer's seal: 春満製 Shunman sei (Produced by Shunman)

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom left: [Illegible]

Stamp: Brown, rectangular stamp in a foreign language [German?]

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.353

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection
May 13, 2016 – Dec 04, 2016
Summer Brilliance
Jun 14, 1996 – Sep 15, 1996

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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

After Kubo Shunman 窪俊満 (1757-1820, b. and worked in Edo, Japan)
Iris and Peony (牡丹 燕子花 Botan kakitsubata); from the series Plants for the Kasumi Circle (霞連草木合 Kasumi-ren sōmoku awase), 1890s
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishments (surimono)
Shikishiban: 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.353

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