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Japanese woodblock prints

20th century

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  梅花与月亮 [Flowering plum and moon] by Ohara Koson (around 1920)
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  葦のキツネ [Fox in the reeds] by Ohara Koson (1930)
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  無題 [Untitled] by Ohara Koson (around 1930)
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  踊る狐 Dancing [Fox with Lotus-leaf Hat] by Ohara Koson (1900-1910)

19th century

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  常州牛掘 [Ushibori in Hitachi Province] by Katsushika Hokusai (1830–32)
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  冬の風景 [Winter Landscape] by Keisai Eisen (around 1830)

18th century

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  夜の梅を見る女 [Woman looking at plum blossoms at night] by Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信画 (about 1768)
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  調布の玉川 [The Jewel River at Chōfu] by Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信画 (1768)

Japanese calligraphy and poetry

The poem was written by Kamo no Chōmei 鴨長明, the self-isolated monk who lived in medieval Japan at the end of XII and beginning XIII century.

ながむれば に
もの おもう あき に
また わが み
ひとつ の みね の
まつ かぜ

Gazing into the distance,
in a melancholy autumn mood,
is it for me alone that winds
howl through boughs of pines
on that solitary peak?

—Trans. John T. Carpenter. (Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Image above: Imaginary portrait of Kamo no Chōmei, this graphical impression of the poet was created by the Japanese artist Kikuchi Yosai 菊池 容斎 (1781-1878).

Note:

Forth line in the translation of the poem refers to a literal meaning of Japanese characters kanji "松風" (Matsukaze), which direct translation is 'wind blowing against the forest of pine trees'. The same characters were also used in Japanese literature as expression to describe a desolate or state of waiting. In calligraphic representation of the poem by Hon'ami Kōetsu, the under-painting depiction of cherry blossoms (image on the left) seemed clashing with the poem's mood of melancholy.

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  本阿見光悦書・俵屋宗達下絵 桜下絵和歌色紙 鴨長明 [Poem by Kamo no Chōmei with Underpainting of Cherry Blossoms] Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥 光悦 (1606)
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  The Poet Koōgimi (小大君) from the “Fujifusa Version” of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals by unknown artist (15th century). Ink and color on paper (handscroll fragment), mounted as a hanging scroll.

References

Sources

• Nagata, Seiji (2005). 北斎展 [Hokusai Exhibition.] (in jap). Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha. p. 190.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Asano, Shūgō; Clark, Timothy (2017). 北斎 : 富士を超えて [Hokusai: Beyond Mount Fuji.] (in jap). Osaka: Abeno Harukasu Bijutsukan. p. 82.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Clark, Timothy (2017). Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 114.
• Munsterberg, Hugo (1982). The Japanese Print: A Historical Guide. New York: John Weatherhill Inc. p. 51.
• Addiss, Stephen (1996). How to Look at Japanese Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 98.
• Waterhouse, David (2004). "Harunobu in Chiba (Review)". Impressions. 26 (Japanese Art Society of America): 118–126. JSTOR 42597835.
• Carpenter, John (2012). Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 66.
• Lippit, Yukio; Ulak, James (2015). Sōtatsu. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 210–211.

External links

Keisai Eisen

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art The page is a list of Keisai Eisen works.
• The British Museum The collection of Keisai Eisen works listed at the museum.
• The Vatican The list of Keisai Eisen' works listed at the museum in Rome.
• Japanese Gallery Kensington Keisai Eisen' works in the gallery, London

Suzuki Harunobu

• Scholten Japanese Art in New York, US for Suzuki Harunobu works
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Suzuki Harunobu works collection