id: 95389 accession number: 1916.1142 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1142 updated: 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1834–35 creation date earliest: 1834 creation date latest: 1835 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: color woodblock print department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 52 x 23 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu Publisher: Moriya Jisuke (emblem) Censorship Seal: kiwame translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection opening date: 1934-09-05T04:00:00 Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. 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 Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 16, 1984). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1142/1916.1142_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1142/1916.1142_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1142/1916.1142_full.tif