フーリア美術館逍遥

フーリア美術館逍遥（その一）




The fisherman Hakuryo and Mount Fuji
Type
Hanging scroll
Maker(s)
Artist: Hishikawa Sōri 菱川宗理
Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1770-1820
Medium
Color on paper
Dimension(s)
H x W (image): 86.3 × 28.1 cm (34 × 11 1/16 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1900.58
Label
Sori's range of subjects, like Hokusai's, was broader than most artists of ukiyo-e. His work included classical literary subjects, such as Six Immortal Poets, and sympathetic renderings of humble peasants, like this fisherman posed in strict profile with the sacred Mount Fuji silhouetted in the background. The colored feather cloak worn by the fisherman alludes to a Japanese legend about the fisherman Hakuryo, who encounters a beautiful spirit near Mount Fuji. Startled by his humble appearance, she flees, leaving behind her feathered cloak (hagoromo). The story became the subject of a famous Noh play.
Provenance
Former owner
Bunshichi Kobayashi 小林文七 (C.L. Freer source) (circa 1861 - 1923)
Edward S. Hull Jr.
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Keyword(s)
Edo period (1615 - 1868), fisherman, Japan, kakemono, ukiyo-e
Collection(s) Area
Japanese Art
Web Resource(s)
Google Cultural Institute


Rights Statement
Copyright with museum
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