Sakurasō
Sakuraso (Japanese Primroses)
In an open box, each small flower has a slender tag beside it. At the back right, a large plant in a pot spreads its leaves.
About this print
Inside a shallow box with its lid off, many small, pale flowers stand in a row, each with a thin white tag beside it. The box is white with a gray leaf-like pattern, and black on the inside. At the back right is a large-leaved plant in a brown pot, and in front lie cut flowers and leaves.
Sakuraso, the flower in the title, is a plant grown for display, with many garden varieties. The picture is by Kubo Shunman, an ukiyo-e artist of the late Edo period who also wrote kyoka and gesaku fiction.
Run your eye along the tags in the box, and you will see their heights differ slightly. Among the flowers with open petals, a few are still closed buds.
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- Source title
- 『Sakurasō（Kubo, Shunman, 1757-1820）』（1810年代）
- Held by
- Library of Congress
- 複製番号
- LC-DIG-jpd-00116
- Why it's free to use
- The library lists it as "No known restrictions on publication." Its copyright has also expired under Japanese law.
- クレジット
- Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-jpd-00116
- Original item
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View in the NDL online exhibition "Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs" - Made
- 216+ years ago
- Added to site
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