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Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山

Cormorant Fishing

Description

Maker

Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山 (ca. 1782-1798 in Edo, Japan)

Title

Cormorant Fishing

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1782-1798

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

23 x 26 cm (9 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: うかひ舟 Ukaibune
たか瀬さしこす takase sashikosu
ほどなれや hodo nare ya
むすぼほれゆく musubohoreyuku
かがり火のかげ kagaribi no kage


Signature: 春山画

Marks: Inscription verso lower half, center in pencil: 432; in a later hand, inscribed verso, bottom right in pencil: NJX408/[Japanese Characters]

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.323

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Road Less Traveled
Edo's Nakasendō
Nov 09, 2024 – May 04, 2025
Fan-Shaped Bird and Flower Prints from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
May 11, 1990 – Jun 30, 1990

Label copy

The motif of cormorant fishing was made famous in a poem composed by Fujiwara Teika (1162-1241), one of the most important and influential Japanese poet­scholars. Here, the well-known motif is accompanied by a new poetic verse, thereby renewing the spirit of the classical poem.

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Tombstone

Katsukawa Shunzan 勝川春山 (ca. 1782-1798 in Edo, Japan)
Cormorant Fishing, ca. 1782-1798
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
23 x 26 cm (9 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.323

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