Katsushika Hokusai and Mori-ya Jihei and Nishimura Eijudo
Sacred Fountain at Jogaku
c. 1833
Scroll
- Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
- Publisher: Mori-ya Jihei and Nishimura Eijudo
Sacred Fountain at Jogaku
c. 1833
Physical Qualities
Color woodcut, Sheet: 245 x 369 mm. (24.5 x 36.9 cm.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series, 'Eight Views of the Ryuku Islands'
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.2001.93
The various cloud formations, receding mountains, and monochromatic palette all suggest the remote and mystical Sacred Fountain in the the semi-autonomous kingdom of Ryuku (present-day Okinawa), a group of islands far to the south not incorporated into Japan until 1895. A visit of two hundred Ryukuans to the Shogunate in Edo in the eleventh month of 1832 excited much interest on teh part of resident, and certainly prompted the publication of this eight-print series.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949
Frances Klapthor, 'Japanese Woodblock Prints from The Cone Collection,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 20-May 12, 2002.
Inscribed: FACE: signature, zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu; title and series enclosed within cartouche at URC; publishers seals MOUNT: TRC, 'No. 42'; BLC, ' 44 '. BACKING BOARD: 'Solomonson'
