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Source Description
These elegant <em>surimono</em> prints come from a set of five images inspired by the legend of the Shinto Supreme Sun Goddess, Amaterasu. She was once so offended by her brother that she retreated into a cave, leaving the earth in darkness. Several attempts to lure her out with cocks crowing, music making, and a goddess dancing failed, but a mirror hung from a nearby tree made Amaterasu curious, bringing her to the entrance of the cave. A stone was quickly placed at the entrance to block her way back into the cave, and light was restored to the world. Each print is set against a blue evening sky with embossed clouds enriched with gold, silver, and copper.
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120231
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Drummer from The Cave Door of Spring
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print
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120231
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print
title
Drummer from The Cave Door of Spring
description
These elegant <em>surimono</em> prints come from a set of five images inspired by the legend of the Shinto Supreme Sun Goddess, Amaterasu. She was once so offended by her brother that she retreated into a cave, leaving the earth in darkness. Several attempts to lure her out with cocks crowing, music making, and a goddess dancing failed, but a mirror hung from a nearby tree made Amaterasu curious, bringing her to the entrance of the cave. A stone was quickly placed at the entrance to block her way back into the cave, and light was restored to the world. Each print is set against a blue evening sky with embossed clouds enriched with gold, silver, and copper.
date
1825
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80015671
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30864
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Print
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1
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import
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Each: 18.8 x 20.7 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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1940.990.1
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first from a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
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Drummer from The Cave Door of Spring (春磐戸 其一), 1825. Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850). First from a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper; each: 18.8 x 20.7 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.990.1
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春磐戸 其一
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Japanese Art
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Signature: Hokkei
Seal: Hokkei
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Bequest of James Parmelee
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2026-05-29 06:12:42.159000
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120231
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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first from a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
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male
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