Basket of Peonies
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
1810 or 1814
Medium
color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Ralph King
Accession Number
1943.5
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.