八重紅梅に駒鳥 (中春)
yaekoubai ni komadori (chuushun)
Double-flowered Red Plum and Japanese Robin (Mid Spring)
八重コウバイにコマドリ (中春)
Edition I: | 楽山作 | Raku-zan Saku | + Seal A |
Edition III: | 三拙庵楽山 | San Setsu An Raku-zan | + Seal B |
[For illustration of seals listed by seal code letter, see the Seals article. For edition characteristics applicable to this series as a whole, see the Edition article.]
Design History:Edition I: Initial printing and publication of 89 was in January 1933 (or perhaps slightly later), and it was delivered in installment forty-five (of fifty). Because this design was among the last in the series, only the initial print run of about two hundred copies comprises the entirety of edition I for 89. The copy illustrated above is typical of edition I.
No edition II reprintings of 89 are currently known.
Edition III: 89 was reprinted in a single, smaller print run toward the end of the period between 1948 and 1955. Very few copies have been documented, and images are not available.
Species Illustrated:Many of the Rakusan plum designs are in black and white, and without additional information it is impossible to determine whether or not most of them are red plum or the original white variety. In the related designs listed below only those definitely identifiable as red plum are included, but doubtless several more belong there as well.
Japanese Robin, Larvivora akahige, 駒鳥, こまどり, コマドリ, koma-dori, is a familiar Japanese species. The bird shown is apparently a male who is singing to define his territory.
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124-1 | 124-2 | 124-3 | 124-4 | 124-5 | 124 |