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Katsushika Hokusai

Chunagon Yakamochi [Otomo no Yakamochi (718-785)] (Chunagon Yakamochi), ca. 1835-1836

Description

Maker

  • Nishimuraya Yohachi, Japanese, publisher
  • Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849, Japanese

Title

Chunagon Yakamochi [Otomo no Yakamochi (718-785)] (Chunagon Yakamochi)

Year

ca. 1835-1836

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 24.3 x 36.4 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription in red ink verso, bottom left: [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand verso, bottom center: EGR101[text and poems] Poem: Kasasagi no (translates to)When I see the bridge of magpies wataseru hashi ni (translates to)layered with frost oku shimo no/shiroki o mireba/yo zo fuke ni keru (translates to) I know that night has grown lateFor another translation see Morse, Hokusai: One Hundred Poets, no. 6; Mostow (see refs.) translates the poem: When I see the whiteness/of the frost that lies/on the bridge the magpies spread,/then I know, indeed,/that the night has deepened.

Identification

Edition

Edition: early edition with red publisher's seal; trimmed signature and trimmed into title cartouche; faded and rubbed

Place

Japan

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1227

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Art of Hokusai

March 15 - June 9, 1996

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Chunagon Yakamochi [Otomo no Yakamochi (718-785)] (Chunagon Yakamochi) with the accession number of 20.1227. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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