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Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch
Kawanabe Kyōsai1880s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The accompanying poem may be translated as:
The plum accompanies their squawking forms;
Its fragrance assaults their feathers.
Beautiful shadows of the branches in the moonlight
Climb toward the study curtain.
The pair of crows that have lodged in my house
Cry and make to fly a way,
Under the bright moon in the depths of the night.
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Details
- Title: Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch
- Creator: Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831-1889)
- Date Created: 1880s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 37.5 x 52.1 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: (S. H. Mori)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.203
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Inscriptions: Signature: Shojo Kyosai ga Artist Seal: Meigetsu (full moon), Shuchu gaki (painting demon in the midst of drink)
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1930.203
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