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Yosa Buson

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

Description

Maker

  • Yosa Buson, early 19th century, Japanese
  • Iwataya Kisaburo, Japanese, publisher

Title

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho)

Year

1810's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 30.8 x 22.1 cm (12 1/8 x 8 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription above.
[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

A later edition with added color and lacking the censor's seal and signature of 34.448.1.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.448.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Black on White

December 8, 2000 - March 4, 2001

Although very close in the composition to the black-and-white print to the left, the black contour lines of these forms are thicker and the artist’s signature has been eradicated. It appears that this is a color-block printed version made after the artist’s original black-and-white composition.

Related

Isoda Koryūsai

Rock ptarmigan and pine (Matsu ni raicho), 1770's

Yosa Buson

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

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