Image
Utagawa Kunisato
Plum, Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Title
Plum
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
24.1 x 16.8 cm (9 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches) (plate) chuban; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-20
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom left: MOC 12-24/ [Illegible Japanese Characters]; in a later hand: NUA [text and poems] Poem: Yoko ni saki(translates to) Plums blossom upright- tate ni shibomuya/ume ni hana (translates to) wither horizontalThe poem may allude to the cycle of human life.
Signature: Rissensai
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.358
About
Plum
Inscription verso, bottom left: MOC 12-24/ [Illegible Japanese Characters]; in a later hand: NUA [text and poems] Poem: Yoko ni saki(translates to) Plums blossom upright- tate ni shibomuya/ume ni hana (translates to) wither horizontalThe poem may allude to the cycle of human life.
Signature: Rissensai
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
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