Image
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
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Plate: 24.3 x 18.7 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.488 Type
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