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
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher
Moriya Jihei 森屋治兵衛
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 viewTransformations: 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
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late 17th–late 18th century