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Basket of Peonies by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

Basket of Peonies

Basket of Peonies

Katsushika Hokusai

1810–1814

Medium: color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions: Sheet: 52.1 x 38.3 cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/16 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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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.

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