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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1810 or 1814 creation date earliest: 1810 creation date latest: 1814 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Ralph King copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868) technique: color woodblock print; surimono department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 52.1 x 38.3 cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Katsushika Hokusai aratame Taito gasan Printer: Suriko Shinacho translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the Month: Flowers in Art opening date: 1952-05-06T04:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Flowers in Art. 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 Exhibition of the Month: Historic Flower Containers. 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 Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. 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 Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6, 2015-January 5, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 17, 2004) --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: A surimono 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.5/1943.5_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.5/1943.5_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.5/1943.5_full.tif