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Yosa Buson

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho), 1810's

Description

Maker

Title

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho)

Year

1810's

Medium

Monochrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 34.1 x 22.2 cm (13 7/16 x 8 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription above and below.
[text and poems]
Shirayama no/matsu no kokage ni/kakuroi te/yasura ni sumeru/rai no tori kana
On Mount Shirayama grouse live peacefully in the shadows of the pines

Poem by retired Emperor Gotoba
The mountain is close to Shirayama Shrine. Grouse (or rock ptarmigan) are white in winter, brown in summer. Shirayama means "white (shira) mountain (yama)" which may also allude to their winter white feathers.

Identification

Edition

An earlier edition without color and with censor's seal and signature of 34.448.2.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.448.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Black on White

December 8, 2000 - March 4, 2001

This print was probably made in the second decade of the nineteenth century, based on the evidence of its censor’s seals. The color-printed version to the right, which appears to have been made soon after the monochrome print, points to the possibility that prints sometimes were produced in both monochrome and polychrome versions.

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