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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Korean nightingale and roses (Kocho bara), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Korean nightingale and roses (Kocho bara)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.488

About

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

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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