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The Rush Gatherer, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry

1834–35

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Sheet: 52.1 x 23 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1145
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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.
A vertically oriented woodblock print depicts a man with light skin and sparse gray hair, wearing a brown vest and checkered blue and white garment, crossing a curved brown bridge over swirling blue and white water. He carries a pole with bundles of rushes. To the left, two ducks swim on a blue lake. Tall green reeds and trees rise against a sky transitioning from white to dark blue, featuring a large pale moon.

The Rush Gatherer, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry

1834–35

Katsushika Hokusai

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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