1933.4.1799: Dandelions for the New Year
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1799
- People
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Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
- Title
- Dandelions for the New Year
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- surimono, print
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/207576
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper
- Dimensions
- Paper: H. 21.0 cm x W. 18.2 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
- Accession Year
- 1933
- Object Number
- 1933.4.1799
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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A pair of silvery shears lie beside a blue and white porcelain bowl upon the edge of which hangs a dandelion plant and another lies on the floor. A small nail file is in the background.
- Commentary
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Poem by Shinshotei Shigenari 森松亭繁成:
“With carefully manicured hands and pure thoughts, grasses of seven different kinds are picked from the field for the New Year table.”
Publication History
- Edythe Polster and Alfred H. Marks, Surimono: Prints by Elbow, Lovejoy Press (Washington D.C., 1980), p. 249
Verification Level
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