Image
Description
Maker
Yosa Buson (Japanese)
Iwataya Kisaburo (Japanese), publisher
Title
Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Sheet: 34.1 x 22.2 cm (13 7/16 x 8 3/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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 pinesPoem 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.
Signature: Katsukawa Shunsei ga
Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame Identification
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Edition
An earlier edition without color and with censor's seal and signature of 34.448.2. Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.448.1 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Related Objects
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Tombstone
Iwataya Kisaburo (Japanese), publisher
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