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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1799
People
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
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Descriptions

Description
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
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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