Collection Online as of May 28, 2023
Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch
Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
(Japanese, 1831–1889)
(1615-1868)
Color woodblock print
Overall: 37.5 x 52.1 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.203
Location
not on view
Description
The accompanying poem may be translated as:
The plum accompanies their squawking forms;
Its fragrance assaults their feathers.
Beautiful shadows of the branches in the moonlight
Climb toward the study curtain.
The pair of crows that have lodged in my house
Cry and make to fly a way,
Under the bright moon in the depths of the night.