Harvard Art Museums > 2024.77.2: Blossoming Plum under Sun and Moon (left scroll) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Blossoming Plum under Sun and Moon (left scroll) (Imei Shūkei 維明周奎) , 2024.77.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 12, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/377683. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2024.77.2 People Imei Shūkei 維明周奎, Japanese (1731 - 1808) Title Blossoming Plum under Sun and Moon (left scroll) Classification Paintings Work Type hanging scroll, painting Date 1798 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Edo period, 1615-1868 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/377683 Physical Descriptions Medium Left scroll of a pair of hanging scrolls; ink and slight color on silk. Dimensions image only: 122 x 47 cm (48 1/16 x 18 1/2 in.) with mount: 191 x 60.5 cm (75 3/16 x 23 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks signature: of Shūkei, left scroll, lower : 寬政戊午仲春圖此雪月雙幅以賀森君家造新年兼加俚語萬年維明 [I, Imei, painted this pair of snow and moon scrolls in the second month of 1798 and added clumsy poems.] signature: of Rikunyo 六如 (1734–1801), left scroll, upper: 六如陳人題 [Inscribed by Rikunyo Chinjin] inscription: Left scroll: Poem by Rikunyo: 天蘤(花)爭枝認不真 擅以疲換一分春 須臾忍待朝陽上 出浴仙妃妝更新 Heavenly flowers (snowflakes) vie in vain for plum branches on which to fall Plums are haggard with this bit of remaining winter Wait for just a moment, the sun rises/ Refreshed after a bath, the goddess of plum will renew her appearance. Poem by Shūkei: 一朵花開萬國春 江山從此日盡親 又看青女金銀界 紅旭照來撒玉顏 A branch is in bloom, the whole country is in spring/ From now, rivers and mountains get closer to us day by day/ You see in the white world of the goddess of snow/ The red sun shines every snow flake. (Translation by Yukio Lippit, 2021) seal: left scroll: progressing right to left, top to bottom: rectangular, relief: 被眼瞞 [Higanman] rectangular, relief: 慈周 [Jishū] rectangular relief: 六如 [Rikunyo] rectangular, intaglio: 少林一枝 [Shōrin ichi-e] square, intaglio: 周奎之印 [Shūkei no in] square, intaglio: 半環煙水半環山 [Hankan ensui hankan zan] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Andreas Leisinger, Tokyo (by 2003), sold; to Robert and Betsy Feinberg, Maryland (2003-2024), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Robert S. and Betsy G. Feinberg in honor of Dr. Martha Tedeschi, on her retirement as Director of the Harvard Art Museums Accession Year 2024 Object Number 2024.77.2 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Timon Screech, Acquisition : art and ownership in Edo-period Japan, ed. Elizabeth Lillehoj (Warren, CT, 2007), pp. 41-43 Rachel Saunders, ed., Catalogue of the Feinberg Collection of Japanese Art, brochure, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2021), pp. 207-208, cat. 207 Exhibition History 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/10/2022 - 06/04/2023 Related Articles Artworks in Honor of Director Martha Tedeschi’s Tenure Jennifer Aubin August 2, 2024 Related Works 2024.77 Imei Shūkei 維明周奎 Blossoming Plum under Sun and Moon Paintings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu