Baien 梅園

Mackerel Sushi, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Mackerel Sushi

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and colors

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 21.4 x 18.4 cm (8 7/16 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 月令のふみ好む木か春の味すくなきなから梅そ咲なる
- 紀高振

しらけたるよねの◻︎◻︎咲梅かえにうくひすもきく宿のはや寿し
- 鶴廼屋

Translation: Is it a tree with a taste for The Records of Monthly Ceremonials?
Even though it lacks much of the flavor of Spring, the plum is brought to bloom
- Ki no Takafuru

On a branch of plum, Blossoming like refined white rice
The voice of the warbler strikes the senses like vinegar In our house’s sushi celebration
- Tsurunoya

(Translated in McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (2008), p. 158)

Signature: 梅園 Baien

Seals: Designer's seal: 梅園 Baien
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Place

Origin: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.61

Mackerel Sushi

Inscription Text/Poem: 月令のふみ好む木か春の味すくなきなから梅そ咲なる
- 紀高振

しらけたるよねの◻︎◻︎咲梅かえにうくひすもきく宿のはや寿し
- 鶴廼屋

Translation: Is it a tree with a taste for The Records of Monthly Ceremonials?
Even though it lacks much of the flavor of Spring, the plum is brought to bloom
- Ki no Takafuru

On a branch of plum, Blossoming like refined white rice
The voice of the warbler strikes the senses like vinegar In our house’s sushi celebration
- Tsurunoya

(Translated in McKee, Colored in the Year's New Light (2008), p. 158)

Signature: 梅園 Baien

Seals: Designer's seal: 梅園 Baien
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Origin: Japan

Exhibition History

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