Ame no tenmaku byōin (Tent Hospital in the Rain), from the series Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake)
Tamura Saiten, Ame no tenmaku byōin (Tent Hospital in the Rain), 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, 88.6.26
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- Title
Ame no tenmaku byōin (Tent Hospital in the Rain), from the series Taishō shinkasai mokuhangashū (Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake)
- Related Titles
original language: 雨の天幕病院
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: Tent Hospital in the Rain
transliterated: Ame no tenmaku byōin
- Artist
- Date
1924
- Period
Japan: Taishō period (1912-1926)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 11 1/4 in x 8 3/8 in; sheet: 11 3/4 in x 8 13/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
artist's seal: さいてん, printed in red relief within circular cartouche, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Saiten ([seal of the artist Tamura Saiten 田村彩天]) Language: Japanese
signature: 彩天画 1923 Oct., printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Saiten ga 1923 Oct. (picture [by] Saiten, October 1923) Language: Japanese; English
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Paquet
- Accession Number
88.6.26
- 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.
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- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
