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Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch
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About this 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFull Moon with Crow on Plum Branch, 1880s. Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889). Color woodblock print; overall: 37.5 x 52.1 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore, 1930.203
