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Nishimura Shigenaga

Autumn moon, Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shugetsu), ca. 1720's

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Title

Autumn moon, Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shugetsu)

Year

ca. 1720's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

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Dimensions

Image: 28.4 x 13 cm (11 3/16 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems] Poem by Murasaki Shikibu:
Ishiyama ya
nio no umi teru
tsukikage wa
akashi mo suma mo
hoka naranu kana

At Ishiyama
The moon reflected in the Nio sea,
more lovely than Akashi or Suma

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1063

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Poets, Heroes, and Courtiers

September 6 - December 1, 2002

Since this subject is one of the eight standard poetic themes associated with illustrations of the Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei), originally this was probably part of such a set

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