Landscape and Legend

Katsushika Hokusai

Basket of Peonies

1810 or 1814

Color woodblock print (surimono), 38.3 × 52.1 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art

Red and white peonies spill from a woven basket beside a poem.

• The signature notes his change of name to Taito; the printer is named too.
• Made for an occasion in the life of the actor Danjūrō VII.
• The peony, a summer flower, was also the actor's emblem.

Image: Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access · CC0