Wa-kazari ni mikazuki (New Year's Garland and Crescent Moon)
Yashima Gakutei, Wa-kazari ni mikazuki (New Year's Garland and Crescent Moon), late 1820s, color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; shikishiban surimono, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.733
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- Title
Wa-kazari ni mikazuki (New Year's Garland and Crescent Moon)
- Related Titles
catalog entry; original language: 輪飾に三日月
catalog entry; translated: New Year's garland and crescent moon
catalog entry; transliterated: Wa-kazari ni mikazuki
- Artist
- Date
late 1820s
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print with metallic pigments and embossing on paper; shikishiban surimono
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
sheet: 7 13/16 in x 7 1/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: 輪かさりの // にゐわらかけて // 佐保ひめの // 柳のかみに // 月のさしくし // 白毛舎, printed in gold, upper center to lower left Transliteration (Translation): wa-kazari no // niwara kakete // saho hime no // yanagi no kami ni / tsuki no sashikushi // Hakumōsha (A New Year’s garland of fresh straw crowns, Saohime goddess of spring with her tresses of willow tied with a moon-shaped comb.) Language: Japanese Description: Poem by Hakumōsha. Translation by John Carpenter.
signature; artist's seal: 岳亭, printed in red relief within circular cartouche, lower right Transliteration: Gakutei 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
32.733
- 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
