Two Peonies and Butterfly
by Ohno Bakufu
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
by Ohno Bakufu
$1,000–$8,000. Common fish prints: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: The 'Great Japanese Fish' series is his signature work and most collected. Individual fish prints vary in desirability. Complete sets are rare.
"Two Peonies and Butterfly" presents the most classical of East Asian flower-and-insect subjects: the peony (botan), queen of flowers in Japanese and Chinese painting, paired with the delicate passage of a butterfly. The peony's extravagant, layered blossoms and the butterfly's transience form a visual and symbolic dialogue between abundance and impermanence that has occupied Japanese and Chinese artists for centuries. Bakufu's handling of this canonical subject places it in dialogue with the kacho-ga (bird-and-flower painting) tradition while reflecting his naturalist's care for accurate representation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Two Peonies and Butterfly was created by Ohno Bakufu (大野麦風).
Two Peonies and Butterfly depicts insects and animals.
