The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
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
(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Overall: 52 x 23 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1142
Location: not on view
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.- Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).
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