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Katsushika Hokusai
Shiradayū Discovering a Broken Cherry Branch, from the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagamimid-19th century

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Horizontal woodblock print with muted gray-green and dusty blue tones, showing a bare-chested elderly man with long white hair gathering pine branches among gnarled trees, with flowering plum branches and birds in cloudy sky to the left
Artist or Maker
Katsushika Hokusai
Title
Shiradayū Discovering a Broken Cherry Branch, from the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Double-page book illustration; color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (19.05 × 26.99 cm) Sheet: 9 × 10 5/8 in. (22.86 × 26.99 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number
16.18.1
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art