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Title

A Solitary Fisherman at Kajikasawa, Kai Province (Kajikasawa, Kai)

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Physical Description

The print depicts a fisherman standing on a seaside cliff perfoming loneline fishing. There are great waves below him striking the cliff and there is a mountain in the background. The print mainly applies the color of white and shades of blue. The artist inscribed the title of the work along with his signature on the upper left-hand corner.

Artist Life Dates

1760 - 1849

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

1823-1829

Accession Number

1948/1.150

Medium and Support

woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size

relevance

rank 11.93273

Primary Keywords

fisherman

fishing

mountains

rock

water

waves

Title

A Group of Eight Landscapes on Four Sheets

Artist

Franz Edmund Weirotter

Physical Description

TOP IMAGE: A river scene, with the river and scenery in the bottom 1/3 of image, and the skyfilling the top 2/3rds. A boat with two fisherman near shore in bottom left corner, and nother small pair of fishermen appear on bank in bottom center. To the right is a grove of trees, stretching from bottom right to top right. Distant mountains appear on the bottom left, as the river stretches into the background. An architectural structure - walls with perhaps dwellings on top - stretches along the riverbank on the left.

BOTTOM IMAGE. A river appears in the bottom right corner and streches into the central background. A path tops the left-hand bank, on which a group of three travelers, facing the viewer, walk in the bottom left corner of image. Two carry walking sticks. In the center stands a medieval pilgrimage marker, near whose base is a traveler in large hat with walking stick. Trees line the river on both the right and left sides, and in the left grove is a partially hidden thatched house.

Object Creation Date

1759

Accession Number

2007/2.115

Medium and Support

engraving in black ink on white Arches laid paper

relevance

rank 11.55966

Primary Keywords

dwellings

fisherman

genre scenes

landscapes

paths

pilgrims

riverbanks

travelers

Title

TOP: Fishermen with the Inhauler of the Nets at the Town’s Shore (Fischer beim Einholen der Netze am Ufer vor der Stadt), sheet 4 from the folio 12 Views of Normandy (XII Vues de la Normandie)

BOTTOM: River Landscape with Four Men Encamping on a Rock (Flußlandschaft mit vier auf einem Fels lagernden Männern), sheet 5 from the folio 12 Views of Normandy (XII Vues de la Normandie)

Artist

Franz Edmund Weirotter

Physical Description

5 physical tears on left edge, indicating the original book bindings.

TOP IMAGE. A river appears in lower right corner, traveling from "front" to "back" of image. Along its banks two distant windmills occur, indicating Holland as the location. A distant boat with sails, and a closer group of three row boats on river. The closer group has thee figures bent over their work, which looks like hauling nets. In the center is a nearly barren twisted tree, at whose base is a rough hut of blanks and branches. A path from the bottom right bends up and around the hut and tree, on which a small group of three are poised (two sitting figures appear to listen to a standing third) and a single man travels further into the distance. Houses with thatched roofs, some patched with boards, appear on the right of the image, along the riverbanks into the distance.

BOTTOM IMAGE. A river curves gently back from the bottom right. Boulders surround the bank on the left half of the image, with scraggly trees and vegetation. Several boulders stretch out into the water, and on one of these, on the bottom right, is a group of perhaps three viewers. Two are seated, and appear to be listening to a third, who is standing and pointing to the right. Hills can be seen in the bottom right corner, stretching into the distance along the river.

Artist Life Dates

1730 - 1771

Century

18th century

Accession Number

2007/2.113

Medium and Support

engraving in black ink on laid paper

relevance

rank 10.98715

Primary Keywords

boats

dwellings

fisherman

fishing vessels

genre scenes

holland (historical region)

huts

landscapes

riverbanks

windmill

Title

Peach Blossom Spring

Artist

Chen Shaomei (aka Ch'en Shao-mei)

Physical Description

In this long narrative landscape, our eyes trace the journey of the fisherman, who may be standing in the distance on the left. His boat can be seen tucked behing a rock, and the mouth of a small cave. Pink petals of peach blossoms adorn the trees along to shore of a stream.

Artist Life Dates

1909-1954

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1930-1954

Accession Number

2006/2.21

Medium and Support

ink and light color on paper

relevance

rank 10.74998

Primary Keywords

boat

cave

fisherman

peach blossoms

peach trees

stream

village