Image
Katsushika Hokusai
Korean nightingale and roses (Kocho bara), ca. 1834
Description
Maker
- Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849, Japanese
Title
Korean nightingale and roses (Kocho bara)
Year
ca. 1834
Medium
Polychrome wood block print
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 24.3 x 18.7 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left: 23[/]B; date inscribed in a later hand, verso, bottom left: 4/5/16/#50 [text and poems]title inscribed u. right Kocho bara the poem to the left reads: Bara no hana (translates to) Roses falling- shirinuru oriya/okana no ie (translates to) a house on the hillPoem by Otsuji
Place
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.488
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