Image

Oda Nanpo

Quail and Bush Clover (Hagi ni uzura)

Description

Maker

Oda Nanpo (Japanese, flourished 1840)
Matsumura Keibun (Japanese, 1779-1843)

Title

Quail and Bush Clover (Hagi ni uzura)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1840

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 19 x 51.1 cm (7 1/2 x 20 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Two inscriptions at right.

Signature: Nanpo | Keibun

Seals: Artist's seals | Nanpo | Keibun

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.482

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Painterly Prints in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Jun 01, 2007 – Sep 23, 2007

Label copy

On the basis of the relative positions of their signatures, it appears that Keibun designed the quail and Nanpo the clover in this finely rendered scene. Keibun was a Shijo painter, and Nanpo was trained as a Nanga-school artist. Although the Nanga school emulated Chinese scholar’s painting, there is little trace of that style in this print. Bush clover (hagi) is one of the “seven grasses of autumn.”

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Tombstone

Oda Nanpo (Japanese, flourished 1840)
Matsumura Keibun (Japanese, 1779-1843)
Quail and Bush Clover (Hagi ni uzura), ca. 1840
Polychrome woodblock print
Sheet: 19 x 51.1 cm (7 1/2 x 20 1/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.482

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