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Attributed to Nishimura Shigenaga

Akuta River (Akutagawa), ca. 1720's

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

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 28.9 x 13.8 cm (11 3/8 x 5 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem
Shirotama ka
nani zo to hito no
tohishi toki
tuyu to kotahete
kienamashi mono o

The 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

Japan

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1065

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Poets, Heroes, and Courtiers

September 6 - December 1, 2002

This illustration appears to refer to a story in The Tale of Ise (Ise monogatari) that describes the abduction of a beautiful woman by a man who became enamored of her.

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