Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch (1880s): Art, History and Details

Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch (1880s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The accompanying poem may be translated as: The plum accompanies their squawking forms; Its fragrance assaults their feathers. Beautiful shadows of the branches in the moonlight Climb toward the study curtain. The pair of crows that have lodged in my house Cry and make to fly a way, Under the bright moon in the depths of the night.

Object facts

• Title: Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch
• Date: 1880s
• Creator attribution: Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Print
• Technique: color woodblock print
• Dimensions: Overall: 37.5 x 52.1 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1930.203

Collection credit

Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore

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