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Kitagawa Utamaro II

Flower arrangement with plum

Description

Maker

Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, 1804-1855)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806), previous attribution

Title

Flower arrangement with plum

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1810?

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

29.1 x 19.7 cm (11 7/16 x 7 3/4 inches) (sheet) aiban tate-e; Mat size: A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right: [B]10

[text and poems]
Chinese poem which can be translated: Blossoms of white plum fly over the koto [read white plum for literal "snow plum"]

Signature: Signed at right | Utamaro hitsu

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.579

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Lure of Ink
Japanese Monochrome Prints and Books
Mar 06, 2009 – Jul 05, 2009

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Tombstone

Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, 1804-1855)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806), previous attribution
Flower arrangement with plum, ca. 1810?
wood block print
29.1 x 19.7 cm (11 7/16 x 7 3/4 inches) (sheet) aiban tate-e; Mat size: A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.579

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