Image
Description
Maker
- Attributed to Katsukawa Shunzan, fl. ca. 1782-1798, Japanese
Title
Cormorant-Fishing Boat (Ukaibune)
Year
ca. 1782 - 1798
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 23 x 26 cm (9 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso lower half, center in pencil: 432; in a later hand, inscribed verso, bottom right in pencil: NJX408/[Japanese Characters]
[text and poems]
Poem:
Ukaibune/ takase sashikosu/ hodo nare ya/ musubohoreyuku/ kagaribi no kageThis is a famous poem by priest Jakuren.
The cormorant-fishing boat-poled through the shallows, pitching in the flashes of fire
Place
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.323
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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