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Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Iris and Peony (牡丹 燕子花 Botan kakitsubata), Meiji

Maker

  • Kubo Shunman 窪俊満

Title

Iris and Peony (牡丹 燕子花 Botan kakitsubata)

Year

Meiji

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

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

Techniques

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

Supports

  • paper

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?]

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.353

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)

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?]

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection

May 13 - December 4, 2016

Summer Brilliance

June 14 - September 15, 1996
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Iris and Peony (牡丹 燕子花 Botan kakitsubata) with the accession number of 34.353. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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