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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI. Mystical Bird (Karyobinga)

Mystical Bird (Karyobinga). Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (21.7 x 17.9 cm). Date: 1820-33. This surimono New Year's card depicts a mystical Buddhist bird (karyobinga in Japanese; kalavinca in Sanskrit) characterized by a bird's body and a human head. It is said that one can never tire of listening to the creature's heavenly music. The New Year's poems were inscribed by Nikyo and Kokusui. Hokusai's signature reads Hokusai aratame Iitsu ("Hokusai changed to Iitsu"). The work is from the artist's very productive Iitsu period (ca. 1820-33).
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Mystical Bird (Karyobinga)
Caption:
Mystical Bird (Karyobinga). Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 9/16 x 7 1/16 in. (21.7 x 17.9 cm). Date: 1820-33. This surimono New Year's card depicts a mystical Buddhist bird (karyobinga in Japanese; kalavinca in Sanskrit) characterized by a bird's body and a human head. It is said that one can never tire of listening to the creature's heavenly music. The New Year's poems were inscribed by Nikyo and Kokusui. Hokusai's signature reads Hokusai aratame Iitsu ("Hokusai changed to Iitsu"). The work is from the artist's very productive Iitsu period (ca. 1820-33).
Technique/material:
Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Period:
Edo period (1615-1868)
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3427 x 4054 px | 39.7 MB
Print size:
29.0 x 34.3 cm | 11.4 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)
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