Nishimura Shigenaga

Akuta River (Akutagawa), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Akuta River (Akutagawa)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

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

Signature: unsigned

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1065

Akuta River (Akutagawa)
Tales of Ise
Ise monogatari

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

Signature: unsigned

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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