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Title: Kokon Jôruri zukushi series: 'Ishidômaru' (Kûkai as a child)
Artist: Andô Hiroshige
Physical Description: This print illustrates a scene in a jôruri play based on history. Ishidômaru is the childhood name of a figure better known to history as Kûkai, the early 9th-century founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism in Japan. In this scene, the child Ishidômaru has come to the remote mountain of Mt. Kôya in search of his father, a warrior who had taken the tonsure. When the two finally met, the father refused to recognize his son. The rejection of family ties was one of the basic tenets of monastic life in Buddhism.
Artist Life Dates: 1797-1858
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa late 1840s
Accession Number: 1985/1.180
Medium and Support: color woodblock print on paper
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Title: Calligraphy: Watching Ducks on a Spring Morning
Artist: Nukina Kaioku
Physical Description: In this monumental scroll, Nukina Kaioku has brushed a Chinese poem of his own composition, on the enduring theme of nature as refreshment for the spirit. Note his masterful variation of thick and thin strokes, wet and dry ink, stately and rapid movement.; The verses may be tentatively rendered into English as follows:; Mandarin ducks enjoy the fresh water; their graceful forms glow as they pass through channels in the reeds.; Pushing beyond the thickets [to the open pond], they call to one another again and again in the dawn.; A crimson mist breaks through gaps in the glade, its glow warming hidden nests.; Waking up with nothing to do, [I came here] to playfully row among the spring waves.
Artist Life Dates: (Tokushima, Shikoku, 1778 - 1863, Kyoto)
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1840s - 1863
Accession Number: 1987/2.45
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
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