A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

Description

The poem by Ganjotei Shirataka reads: Friendly, amid the starry forest of the plum branches the voice of the warbler singing of the sun and moon.

Provenance

A. Hugh Fisher; The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1985); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1985-)

A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards

Totoya Hokkei

mid 1820s

Accession Number

1985.324

Medium

color woodblock print (surimono) with gold, silver, and embossing

Dimensions

Sheet: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith