Basket with Fan, Chrysanthemums, and Mushrooms
Katsushika Hokusai
1800–1805
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 19.1 x 52.8 cm (7 1/2 x 20 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
A surimono is a privately commissioned print used to announce or commemorate a special event. Because the chrysanthemum is the premier symbol of autumn, this print may have been made to celebrate the changing of the seasons.
