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The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry
Hokusai1834-35
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry
- Creator: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
- Date Created: 1834-35
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 52 x 23 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1142
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Inscriptions: Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu Publisher: Moriya Jisuke (emblem) Censorship Seal: kiwame
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1916.1142
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