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Mochizuki Kagenari 望月影成

Statue of Buddha and a Lily

Maker

Mochizuki Kagenari 望月影成 (1820 - 1829, Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver

Title

Statue of Buddha and a Lily

Period

Edo Period

Year

mid-1820s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Origin: Japan

Dimensions

Shikishiban: 22.1 x 18.3 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 花御堂　御本寺佛（仏）は赤子にて　甘連湯　あま茶なるへし　
- 望月影成

ゆひさして天上天下あたまから人をちやにした産湯なりけり　
- 鶴廼屋

Signature: 望月 Mochizuki

Seals: Designer's seal: 森中 Morinaka
Block carver's seal: 谷清好 Tani Seikō

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.68

Type

Exhibition History

Deep Cuts
Stories from Japanese Surimono Prints
May 23, 2026 – Oct 04, 2026
Surimono from Osaka and Edo
The Pumpelly Album
May 23, 2008 – Oct 05, 2008
Marking the Occasion
The Japanese Tradition of Surimono
Feb 03, 2006 – May 28, 2006

Label copy

It is likely that this surimono was made to commemorate Buddha’s birthday, which fell on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month in the traditional Japanese calendar (it is now celebrated on April 8). On that day, religious Buddhists wash a statue of the child Buddha in perfumed water. This print was designed by the poet Mochizuki no Kagenari, who signed his name Mochizuki.

Marking the Occasion
Surimono from Edo and Osaka
Sep 15, 2000 – Dec 03, 2000

Label copy

It is likely that this surimono was made to commemorate Buddha’s birthday, which falls on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month in the traditional Japanese calendar (it is now celebrated on April 8). On that day, religious Buddhists wash a statue of the child Buddha in perfumed water.

Surimono
Selections from the Japanese Print Collection
Jun 09, 1998 – Sep 08, 1998

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Mochizuki Kagenari 望月影成 (1820 - 1829, Osaka, Japan)
Tani Seikō 谷清好 (1822 - 1831, Edo and Osaka, Japan), block carver
Statue of Buddha and a Lily, mid-1820s
Polychrome woodblock print with metallic embellishments (surimono)
Shikishiban: 22.1 x 18.3 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/16 inches)
Gift of George Pierce Metcalf 56.039.68

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