id:			123249
accession number:	1943.5
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.5
updated:		2022-02-19 10:00:35.645000

Basket of Peonies, 1810 or 1814. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). Color woodblock print; surimono; sheet: 52.1 x 38.3 cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1943.5

title:				Basket of Peonies
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creation date:			1810 or 1814
creation date earliest:		1810
creation date latest:		1814
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Ralph King
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culture:	Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print; surimono
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 52.1 x 38.3 cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signature: Katsushika Hokusai aratame Taito gasan
Printer: Suriko Shinacho
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Flowers in Art
	opening date:   1952-05-06T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Flowers in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-June 5, 1952).

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Historic Flower Containers
	opening date:   1952-12-31T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Historic Flower Containers</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 31, 1952-March 3, 1953).

	title:		Transformations in Japanese Printmaking
	opening date:   1984-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>Transformations in Japanese Printmaking</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 16, 1984).

	title:		Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
	opening date:   2015-10-06T00:00:00
	<i>Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6, 2015-January 5, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 17, 2004)

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
A <em>surimono</em> is a privately commissioned print used to announce or commemorate a special event. This picture celebrates an event in the life of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII, whose emblem was the peony. According to Japanese tradition, the peony–one of the flowers of the four seasons–is the flower of summer.
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