Yosa Buson

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

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.

Signature: Katsukawa Shunsei ga

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame

Identification

Edition

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.448.1

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho)

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

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.

Signature: Katsukawa Shunsei ga

Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Yosa Buson

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho), Edo Period
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