Kugatsu futsuka Fukagawa shoken (Observed at Fukagawa on September 2nd), from the series Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake)
Isoda Chōshū, Kugatsu futsuka Fukagawa shoken (Observed at Fukagawa on September 2nd), from the series Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake), 1924, color woodblock print on paper, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Paquet, public domain, 88.6.16
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- Title
Kugatsu futsuka Fukagawa shoken (Observed at Fukagawa on September 2nd), from the series Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake)
- Related Titles
original language: 九月二日深川所見
series (original language): 大正震火災木版画集
series (translated): Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake
series (transliterated): Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū
translated: Observed at Fukugawa on September 2nd
transliterated: Kugatsu futsuka Fukagawa shoken
- Artist
- Date
1924
- Period
Japan: Taishō period (1912-1926)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 10 3/4 in x 8 5/16 in; sheet: 11 1/4 in x 8 13/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
artist's seal: 長秋, printed in red relief within rectangular cartouche, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Chōshū ([seal of the artist Isoda Chōshū 磯田長秋]) Language: Japanese
title; signature: 九月二日 // 深川所見 // 長秋, printed in black ink, lower right Transliteration (Translation): Kugatsu futsuka // Fukagawa shoken // Chōshū (September 2nd // observed [at] Fukagawa // [by] Chōshū) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Modern Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Paquet
- Accession Number
88.6.16
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Taishô shinkasai mokuhangashû (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishô Earthquake), 1924
In 1924, the Japanese publisher Hoshino Seki issued a set of thirty-six prints depicting scenes from the aftermath of the September 1, 1923 great Tokyo earthquake. He commissioned six artists to each produce six designs based on eye witness sketches and accounts, which the master carver Nagashima Kiichi and printer Tamura Tetsunosuke then translated into color woodblock prints for the portfolio.
An important part of the Portland Art Museum collection of Japanese prints (88.6.1-36), the Museum is placing this historic series online at this time to honor the victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake in northeastern Japan.
To donate to the international relief effort, please click on one of the links below.
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