Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 54337
Peonies and Butterfly
- Artist / 作者
- Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
- Date / 年代
- 1830-1833
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mia
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 800 × 553 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 朱雀ハル
- Rights / 権利
- Public Domain Mark only when record-designated
- Attribution / 表記
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Catalog note / 解説
“A butterfly and tree-peony provide Hokusai with one of his most successful compositions. The upper parts of the bushy shrub, with its large flowers, sway in the breeze, and a butterfly struggles in the gust to perch on the plant--an instant drama in nature. Flowers and birds were among the most popular subjects for Japanese paintings because of their physical beauty and their association with seasons."" (Yoko Woodson, Hiroshige and Hokusai, cat. 90)
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