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| Maker(s): | Yashima Gakutei | | Culture: | Japanese (1786?-1868)
| | Title: | First Day of the Year
| | Date Made: | ca. 1840 (1837? Year of the Cock)
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Color woodblock print (woodcut) on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 8 3/8 in x 7 3/16 in; 21.3 cm x 18.3 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Izuko tomo / shiratamahime ya / shiburen / kasumi ni komoru / matsukaze no koto - kusanoya / shundo]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Daikoren / sanko no mon / [ill.]]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, "Dai" in a plum flower image]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.246.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: A vertical print of a crow resting on a torii gate with the rising red sun and pine branches in the background.
Tags: landscapes; animals; birds Subjects: Animals; Birds; Landscapes; Wood-engraving Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1973.246.Q.RII |
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