Bonsai Plum, Compass, and Pocket Sundial with Design of Calendar, from

A blue and white glazed pot with round white dots holds a bonsai plum bearing small red blossoms, set on a red lacquer stand. Beside it lie a printed calendar sheet with a folded green cover, a compass and a pale sundial on a brown cloth, with columns of handwritten verse at left.

Look closer: A signature seal in red appears at the lower right, near the stand.

Artist

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Date

1806

Medium

Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3800 × 2846 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929