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Subject:woodblock print
Posted By: I.Nagy Wed, Dec 06, 2017
The woodblock print is a well known work of the famous Japanese ukiyoe artist Katsushika Hokusai
1760-1849
Inscriptions:
鸒 垂櫻 Uso (ni) Shidaresakura - Bullfinch (and) Weeping Cherry (Title of print)
鳥ひとつ濡れて 出けり朝さくら 雪萬
Tori hitotsu nurete dekeri asasakura - Mansetsu
A bird comes out wet - morning cherry blossom
(Haiku poem)
(Mansetsu is the name of the Haiku poet)
前北斎為一筆 Saki no Hokusai Iitsu Hitsu
(Signature used by Hokusai between 1820-1833)
1st seal,
極 Kiwame (Censor`s seal)
2nd seal,
Artist`s seal (Illegible)
On the net you can find many versions of this print
from different editions.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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- Derry Berrigan - Dec 04, 2017 (03:23 PM) 
