Description
The subject of this design may be related to a 1309 poem that contains the following lines:
When I was cutting horse-tails
The autumn moon appeared,
Shining through the trees on Mount Sonahara.
When I was cutting horse-tails
The autumn moon appeared,
Shining through the trees on Mount Sonahara.
Provenance
Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1916); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1916–)
The Rush Gatherer, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry
1834–35
Accession Number
1916.1145
Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
Sheet: 52.1 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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