| Maker(s): | Soyoan
| | Culture: | Japanese
| | Title: | Preface, from the illustrated book Fugen Zo [Statue of Fugen]
| | Date Made: | 1790 (third month, preface)
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); sumizuri-e, ink on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 in; 23.8 x 36.2 cm; Plate: 8 7/8 x 14 in; 22.5 x 35.6 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Tsuburi Hikaru Shirusu]; DATE: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, kanoe inu sakura zuki]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, Hana o shi mimaku horiseba Yoshino e iki-tamae, ima wa Yoshino no hana-zakari to usu-hiku o mina no hitofushi ni ukare-tatte, hoshi-mochi no sakadaru no soko to mo shiranu yamaji o wake iri-ai no kane tsuku ni chirasu wa haru yoi no atai nani ka oshiman, kakaru kokoro wa kano taniko ni kaburu ese-mono wa shiraji to, rei no katami ni hokori-au taware-uta no tomobito-ra, akatsuki hayaki hana no kumo ni ukare karasu no kudoku yomi-idetaru koto-no-ha sanagara kon-ruri no yama-zakura shichiju hoju no gotoku shigereri kore o hito-maki to nashite maku mo nobasu mo jizai no hana no fugen-zo to wa yobikerashi].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.424.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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