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Hasegawa Sadanobu II

Japanese Bush Warbler and Flowering Plum (Ume ni uguisu), 1850's

Description

Maker

Title

Japanese Bush Warbler and Flowering Plum (Ume ni uguisu)

Year

1850's

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 22.5 x 29.4 cm (8 7/8 x 11 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Incription verso, bottom left:M/O/C/8/25; [Japanese Characters]

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.431

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Painterly Prints in Nineteenth-Century Japan

June 1 - September 23, 2007

The five prints by Sadanobu II on this wall may have been conceived as a set because of their similarity in size and theme. There is a classic literary association between the Japanese bush warbler’s (uguisu) first song and the plum (ume), which together indicate the New Year.

A Celebration of the New Year in Japanese Woodblock Prints

January 1 - March 1, 1990

Like Pheasant on Snow-Covered Pine Tree by the same artist, this print shows the influence of the popular Kyoto-Osaka painting style of the time. The asymmetric composition emphasizes surface beauty and design, yet a real sense of the expanse of space blurring with snowfall and the clear cry of the bird, as well.

Use

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