The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 17, 2025

Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch

1880s

Kawanabe Kyōsai

(Japanese, 1831–1889)
Japan, Edo period (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.
  • (S. H. Mori)
  • Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).
    Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).
  • {{cite web|title=Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch|url=false|author=Kawanabe Kyōsai|year=1880s|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1930.203