Autumn Flowers and the Moon

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Artist/Maker	Utagawa Sadatora (artist) Ibaya Kyubei (publisher)
Place of origin	Japan (made)

This uchiwa-e (rigid fan print) design by the early 19th-century artist Utagawa Sadatora takes as its subject the painterly theme of the seven autumn flowers - morning glory, Chinese bellflower, bush clover, eulalia, creeper, 'ominaeshi', and boneset - which are shown blooming in the brightness of the full moon.

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Categories	Prints SCRAN
Object type	Woodblock print
Title	Autumn Flowers and the Moon (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Colour woodblock print
Brief description	Fan print: Utagawa Sadatora: 'Autumn Flowers and the Moon', Japanese, 1831
Physical description	For this print Sadatora adopted an autumnal subject from traditional Japanese painting. A full moon is depicted above the seven autumnal flowers: morning glory, Chinese bellflower, bush clover, eulalia, creeper, ominaeshi, and boneset. Aiban size. Signature: Gofutei Sadatora ga. Publisher: Ibaya Kyubei. Censorship seals: U (1831) and kiwame.
Dimensions	Height: 21.9cm Width: 28.4cm
Style	Edo Period
Credit line	Bequeathed by Bernard H. Webb
Summary	This uchiwa-e (rigid fan print) design by the early 19th-century artist Utagawa Sadatora takes as its subject the painterly theme of the seven autumn flowers - morning glory, Chinese bellflower, bush clover, eulalia, creeper, 'ominaeshi', and boneset - which are shown blooming in the brightness of the full moon.
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	E.4928-1919

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Record created	December 8, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O71683/autumn-flowers-and-the-moon-woodblock-print-utagawa-sadatora/

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