Parrot and Quince
- Date:
- 1950
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$200–$2,000. Common Kyoto views: $200–$500. Key value factors: Kotozuka's Kyoto prints are popular and affordable. Seasonal temple scenes and garden views are most sought after.
Dated 1950, the parrot and quince pairing creates a carefully balanced decorative composition in the traditional kachoga (bird-and-flower picture) mode — the parrot's colorful plumage contrasting with the quince's rough fruit and gnarled branches. Kotozuka, better known for his architectural landscapes, brings to this occasional bird-and-flower subject the same attentiveness to color and compositional balance that characterizes his architectural work. The quince, with its fragrant yellow fruit and thorny branches, provides the parrot an appropriately textural perch.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Parrot and Quince was created by Kotozuka Eiichi (琴塚英一) in 1950.
Parrot and Quince depicts birds & flowers.
