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Basket of Peonies

Katsushika HokusaiLinkedCulture matchlcp-dcc67568e7b7

Date: 1810 or 1814
Medium: color woodblock print; surimono
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 123249

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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Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Ralph King

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