Search
Skip to main content
A Chinese Poet on Horseback Stopping His Horse to Contemplate a Flock of Gulls in the Snow, from the series A Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
A Chinese Poet on Horseback Stopping His Horse to Contemplate a Flock of Gulls in the Snow, from the series A Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets

A Chinese Poet on Horseback Stopping His Horse to Contemplate a Flock of Gulls in the Snow, from the series A Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher
Dateca. 1834
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical nagaōban; overall: 20 3/16 × 8 15/16 in. (51.2 × 22.7 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioA Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets (Shika shashinkyo)
Object number1950.744
Status
Not on view
Exhibition History
Transformations: Chinese Themes and Images in Japanese Woodblock Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (March 12, 1996 - May 27, 1996 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Collections
  • Asian
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator. Noticed a mistake? Have some extra information about this object? Please contact us.
The Poet Toru Daijin Contemplating a Landscape with a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
The Poet Toru Daijin Contemplating a Landscape with a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
1833–34
Fullers Pounding Cloth by Moonlight; Illustration of a Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
Fullers Pounding Cloth by Moonlight; Illustration of a Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
1833–34
The Chinese Poet Bai Juyi (Hakurakuten) Competes with Sumiyoshi, the Japanese God of Poetry Disguised as a Fisherman, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
The Chinese Poet Bai Juyi (Hakurakuten) Competes with Sumiyoshi, the Japanese God of Poetry Disguised as a Fisherman, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
1833–34
The Chinese Poet Li Bai Viewing a Waterfall, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
The Chinese Poet Li Bai Viewing a Waterfall, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
1833–34
The Poet Abe no Nakamaro Viewing the Moon on the Night before His Departure from China, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
The Poet Abe no Nakamaro Viewing the Moon on the Night before His Departure from China, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
1833–34
The Poet Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
The Poet Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
1833–34
Chinese Poem “The Youth’s Song” (Shōnenkō), from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
Chinese Poem “The Youth’s Song” (Shōnenkō), from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
1833–34
A Soldier in the Army of Meng Changrun Tricks the Guards at Kankokukan into Opening Their Gates by Imitating a Cock-crow; Illustration to a Remark by the Japanese Poetess Sei Shonagon, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
A Soldier in the Army of Meng Changrun Tricks the Guards at Kankokukan into Opening Their Gates by Imitating a Cock-crow; Illustration to a Remark by the Japanese Poetess Sei Shonagon, from the series A True Mirror of the Imagery of Chinese and Japanese Poets
1833–34
Hand-colored woodcut from the series One Hundred Poets
Hand-colored woodcut from the series One Hundred Poets
late 17th–late 18th century
The Poet Ariwara no Narihira, from an untitled series of the Six Immortal Poets
The Poet Ariwara no Narihira, from an untitled series of the Six Immortal Poets
ca. 1815
Courtesan Standing Before a Mirror; Illustrating a Poem by Otomo Kuronushi, from the series A New Version of the Six Immortal Poets
Courtesan Standing Before a Mirror; Illustrating a Poem by Otomo Kuronushi, from the series A New Version of the Six Immortal Poets
1785–1805
The Poet Sojo Henjo, from an untitled series of the Six Immortal Poets
The Poet Sojo Henjo, from an untitled series of the Six Immortal Poets
ca. 1815