Image
Description
Maker
- Attributed to Nishimura Shigenaga, ca. 1697-1756, Japanese
Title
Akuta River (Akutagawa)
Year
ca. 1720's
Medium
Polychrome wood block print
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Sheet: 28.9 x 13.8 cm (11 3/8 x 5 7/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem
Shirotama ka
nani zo to hito no
tohishi toki
tuyu to kotahete
kienamashi mono oThe man expresses with a poem his grief that the lady with whom he eloped has now disappeared after a thunderstorm and has been devoured, he thinks, by a devil:
When she asked me "what are these white pearls?" [the rain]
I wish I had answered "dew drops,"
and evaporated just as they Place
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Japan
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
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20.1065
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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