Japanese Art and Poetry

Charming artworks combining traditional Japanese themes with poetry, depicting flowers, seals, and festive imagery in delicate colors and intricate designs.

Votive tables with flowers Ema (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), Votive prints (ema) with golden dots in the form of a pagoda, and one with the image of a horse. In the background blossom branches and in the foreground a wrapped gift. With three poems about the beginning of spring in the year of the horse, horse, Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 207 mm × w 183 mm
Votive tables with flowers Ema (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), Votive prints (ema) with golden dots in the form of a pagoda, and one with the image of a horse. In the background blossom branches and in the foreground a wrapped gift. With three poems about the beginning of spring in the year of the horse, horse, Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 207 mm × w 183 mm