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Iris and Peony, from the series Plants for the Kasumi Circle (Kasumiren sômoku awase)


「霞連草木合」 牡丹と菖蒲
Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
Japanese
Edo period
mid to late 1810s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Shikishiban; 20.8 x 18.4 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6199
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 2, #323 (later copy); Hillier, Vever cat. 2 (1976), #527
DescriptionPoems translated in Keyes 1985, vol. 2, p. 366.
Signed Shunman sei
俊満製
InscriptionsPoem by Gurendô Nakakubo: Haru natsu no/ ai no iro naru/ kakitsubata/ mizu no asaki ni/ fukaki murasaki

Poem by Haikai Utaba: Hana no iro wa/ mochiya sakaya to/ sakiwakete/ dore mo me ni tsuku/ tonarigusa kana
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.