Image

Yosa Buson

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

Description

Maker

Title

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

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.

Signature: unsigned

Identification

Edition

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.448.2

About

Rock ptarmigans and pine (Matsu ni raicho)

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

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.

Signature: unsigned

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

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