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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Korean nightingale and roses (Kocho bara)

Description

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Korean nightingale and roses (Kocho bara)
Untitled (known as Small Flowers)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1834

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 24.3 x 18.7 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left: 23[/]B; date inscribed in a later hand, verso, bottom left: 4/5/16/#50 [text and poems]title inscribed u. right Kocho bara the poem to the left reads: Bara no hana (translates to) Roses falling- shirinuru oriya/okana no ie (translates to) a house on the hillPoem by Otsuji

Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.488

Type

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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Korean nightingale and roses (Kocho bara); Untitled (known as Small Flowers), ca. 1834
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 24.3 x 18.7 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.488

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