id:			95389
accession number:	1916.1142
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1142
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The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry, 1834–35. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Color woodblock print; overall: 52 x 23 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1142

title:				The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry
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creation date:			1834–35
creation date earliest:		1834
creation date latest:		1835
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 52 x 23 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
Publisher: Moriya Jisuke (emblem)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1934-09-05T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).

	title:		Transformations in Japanese Printmaking
	opening date:   1984-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>Transformations in Japanese Printmaking</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 16, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
A high-ranking minister, Toru (822–895) was the son of an emperor. In this scene, he enjoys the company of two other men in his landscape garden overlooking the water. Here Hokusai may have illustrated a poem by Toru that mentions boats floating on the water in bright moonlight, shaded by the pines.
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