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Object Type
print
Museum number
1945,1101,0.43
Description
Woodblock print. Young woman as Daruma crossing the water on a reed.
Producer name
Print artist:
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods
Meiwa Era
Production date
1765-1770
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
Dimensions
Height:
27.50 centimetres
Width:
20.20 centimetres
Curator's comments
According to the legend, Daruma (Sanskrit: Bodhidharma) brought Zen Buddhism from India to China by crossing the sea on a reed. The beauty's robes have been delicately printed in shades of pink on pink and embossed without outline, in imitation of a monk's robes. (Label copy, TTC 1998)
Bibliographic references
Waterhouse 1964 / Harunobu and his age: The Development of Colour Printing in Japan
(44(b/w))
Tsuchiya 2014 / Netsuke: 100 Miniature Masterpieces from Japan
(p.47)
Tokyo Edo 1990 / Daiei Hakubutsukan hizō "Edo bijutsuten" : Edo Tōkyō 400-nen kinen (Special Collection of the British Museum: Exhibition of Edo Arts)
(339)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bijin
plant
Associated names
Representation of:
Bodhidharma
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Oscar Charles Raphael
Acquisition date
1945
Department
Asia
Registration number
1945,1101,0.43