Image
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
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Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 24.3 x 36.4 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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Edition
Edition: early edition with red publisher's seal; trimmed signature and trimmed into title cartouche; faded and rubbed Place
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Japan
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
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20.1227
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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