Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 95252

Owl on a Flowering Magnolia Branch

Artist / 作者
Kubo Shunman窪俊満
Date / 年代
1795-1805
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録
1694 × 2000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者
白石カナ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

This is an exquisite example of one of Kubo Shunman's <i>surimono</i>, a privately-produced and limited-edition print often commissioned to mark a special occasion. <i>Surimono</i> usually feature poems, often composed by the people who ordered them, and are typified by the intimate relationship between text and image. Here, the poem is delicately rendered to the upper right of the owl, which perches on the branch of a flowering magnolia. Shunman (1757-1820) was a celebrated painter, print-maker and author of the Edo period (1615-1868). As a print-maker, he specialised in <i>surimono</i>. Materials: Colour print from wood blocks

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