Plum Blossoms and Bullfinch

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Plum Blossoms and Bullfinch

Artist Ohara Shoson Japanese, 1877-1945

Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo 1885-1962

DatePublished in 1931

Dimensionsoverall: 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (36.2 x 23.5 cm)

Mediumcolor woodblock print

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Hubert D. Bennett

Object number

1939.448

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Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Modern Japanese Prints: Woodblock Prints by Ten Artists, The Work of the Past Five Years, January 1936, repr. pl. 179.

Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, For the Birds, April 13-October 14, 2012.

Label TextA pair of Eurasian Bullfinches, whose range stretches from Great Britain to Japan, perches on the twigs of a flowering plum tree—symbol of springtime. Bullfinches symbolize luck and in the “Bullfinch Exchange” Festival, wooden figures of the bird are passed from hand to hand, symbolizing the changing of bad luck for good in the New Year.