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

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

mid 1820s
(Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print (surimono) with gold, silver, and embossing
Sheet: 21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.324
Location: not on view

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.
  • A. Hugh Fisher
    ?-1985
    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
  • “Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 75, no. 7, 1988, pp. 292–295. Mentioned: p. 292 www.jstor.org
  • A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
  • {{cite web|title=A Picture by Hishikawa Moronobu: Woman with a Set of Poem Cards|url=false|author=Totoya Hokkei|year=mid 1820s|access-date=09 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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