Canary and Peony — Hokusai (c. 1834)

The quiet Hokusai.

Painted in the same years as the Great Wave, this sheet comes from Hokusai's untitled series of small bird-and-flower prints — a canary dropping toward pink peonies on deep Prussian blue, with a poem inscribed above.

• Honest scale — sizes labeled in inches; the original is a small-format print.
• 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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