Poem by Sasaki Bunzan. 'No urinating here, being a beautiful mountain of cherry blossoms.' (Doko shōben muyō hana no yama Sasaki Bunzan (此所小便無用花乃山 佐ゝ木文山))

Poem by Sasaki Bunzan. 'No urinating here, being a beautiful mountain of cherry blossoms.' (Doko shōben muyō hana no yama Sasaki Bunzan (此所小便無用花乃山 佐ゝ木文山))

Print illustrates a poem by Sasaki Bunzan. The 18th century calligrapher and artist Sasaki Bunzan leans back as he writes his poem on a screen: "No urinating here, beeing a beautiful mountain of cherry blossoms." Two men peer out at the calligrapher from behind the screen, and you can see the fingers of a third grasping on to the top of the screen. The print is a good example of Ogata Gekko's unconventional approach to printmaking.

Sasaki Toyokichi (佐々木豊吉) (Firm: Sasaki-ya 佐々木屋)

1897-1898 (c. Meiji 30-31)

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Pictures of Flowers of Japan (Nihon no hana zue (日本の花図絵))

print (medium), woodblock (technique), paper (material), 15 x 10 inches (dimensions)

Japanese

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2019.0.22

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