Image

RISDM 34-490.tif

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Japanese wagtail and wisteria (Fuji sekirei)

Description

Maker

After Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Japanese, 1759-1869), publisher

Title

Japanese wagtail and wisteria (Fuji sekirei)
Untitled (known as Small Flowers)

Period

possibly

Year

ca. 1832

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 25.1 x 18.7 cm (9 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at center.
[text and poems]
title inscribed Fuji sekirei
The poem is a Chinese poem not transliterated in the Kobayashi catalogue. Several characters are not clear, hence the meaning is obscure.

Signature: Signed at right | Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu

Identification

Edition

Small differences between it and published examples, sloppy blue overprinting, and its muted values with lack of seals suggest a later edition.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.490

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

An Abundance of Color
Spring Blossoms
Mar 05, 2004 – May 30, 2004
Depicting Four Seasons in Japanese Prints
Jul 23, 1993 – Sep 26, 1993

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Tombstone

After Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Japanese, 1759-1869), publisher
Japanese wagtail and wisteria (Fuji sekirei); Untitled (known as Small Flowers), ca. 1832
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 25.1 x 18.7 cm (9 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.490

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