Description
A high-ranking minister, Toru (822–895) was the son of an emperor. In this scene, he enjoys the company of two other men in his landscape garden overlooking the water. Here Hokusai may have illustrated a poem by Toru that mentions boats floating on the water in bright moonlight, shaded by the pines.
Provenance
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The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake Beneath a Crescent Moon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry
1834–35
Accession Number
1916.1142
Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
Overall: 52 x 23 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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