Kumemura chikuri (Bamboo Grove at Kumemura), from the series Ryūkyū hakkei (Eight Views of Ryūkyū)
Katsushika Hokusai, Kumemura chikuri (Bamboo Grove at Kumemura), from the series Ryūkyū hakkei (Eight Views of Ryūkyū), ca. 1832-1833, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.446
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- Title
Kumemura chikuri (Bamboo Grove at Kumemura), from the series Ryūkyū hakkei (Eight Views of Ryūkyū)
- Related Titles
alternate: Bamboo Grove at Sanson
original language: 粂村竹籬
series (original language): 琉球八景
series (translated): Eight Views of Ryūkyū
series (transliterated): Ryūkyū hakkei
translated: Bamboo Grove at Kumemura
transliterated: Kumemura chikuri
- Artist
- Related People
- Date
ca. 1832-1833
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Catalogue Raisonné
Calza 2003, no. V.52.6; Lane 1989, cat. 154.
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 9 9/16 in x 14 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title; series title: 粂村竹籬 // 琉球八景, printed in red within decorative cartouche on white ground, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Kumemura chikuri // Ryūkyū hakkei (Kumemura bamboo grove // eight views of Ryūkyū) Language: Japanese
collector's mark: ぶろんど, printed in red relief within decorative oval cartouche, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Burondo ([seal of the collector Paul Blondeau]) Language: Japanese
signature: 前北斎為一筆, printed in red within decorative cartouche on white ground, upper left Transliteration (Translation): zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (brushed [by] Iitsu, formerly Hokusai) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection
- Accession Number
32.446
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
