Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry — Hokusai (c. 1834)

A bullfinch hangs upside-down from the cherry branch.

From the same untitled series of bird-and-flower prints as our Canary and Peony, made in the years right after the Great Wave. Blossoms on deep Prussian blue, with a poem inscribed above.

• Honest scale — the original is a small-format sheet; the 8 × 10 canvas sits closest to it.
• Verified story — series and dating per the Art Institute of Chicago.
• Source recorded — the museum's open-access scan on matte canvas. Made to order.

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