Image
Description
Maker
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Title
Cuckoo and azaleas (Hototogisu satsuki)
Untitled (known as Small flowers)
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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Plate: 23.8 x 17.6 cm (9 3/8 x 6 15/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscriptions at left and right.
[text and poems]
title inscribed u. right Hototogisu satsuki
the Chinese poem to the left may be translated loosely:Surprised midday by the crack of mountain bamboo,
the cuckoo makes its first cry.Poem by Yoseisai (Japanese reading)
Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
Seals: Combination seal ~ rounded-rectangular | manji ~ artist's emblem | kiwame ~ censor's seal; 6/28/96 seal printed on block, a later impression (R.Keyes) Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.486.1 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related Objects
Related Objects
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