Print & drawing
Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch
Kawanabe Kyōsai
1880s
From the archive
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.
- Associated place
- Japan
- Material & technique
- color woodblock print
The record behind the work
Place & date
The museum gives the cultural attribution “Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)”. The pin represents this broad cultural association, not a verified creation site or depicted location.
The archive gives an approximate date or a range of years. The timeline uses that same range.
Source & reuse
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
Source ID: 111673
CC0 — image and metadata released under the Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access program. Published from the United States.
