Image

Raifu

Treasure ship (Takarabune), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Treasure ship (Takarabune)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 39.2 x 52.6 cm (15 7/16 x 20 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems]
Inscribed with poem translated in cat. file as
Spring upon spring-the view of vast expanses of the ocean!

Haru mata haru no/o unabara no/keshiki kana

The poem relates to the inscription kakizome (first calligraphy of the year) following the date in the lower right.

[notations]
Sails of the boat inscribed Taka (treasure) and Snake (mi)

Signature: Raifu | probably Kyufu

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Roger S. Keyes and Elizabeth Coombs

Object Number

1997.90.13

About

Treasure ship (Takarabune)

[text and poems]
Inscribed with poem translated in cat. file as
Spring upon spring-the view of vast expanses of the ocean!

Haru mata haru no/o unabara no/keshiki kana

The poem relates to the inscription kakizome (first calligraphy of the year) following the date in the lower right.

[notations]
Sails of the boat inscribed Taka (treasure) and Snake (mi)

Signature: Raifu | probably Kyufu

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Use

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