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Source Description
The great 12th-century warrior Minamoto Yoshiie has just emerged from a mountain pass surrounded by cherry trees. In the cartouche appears the poem he wrote on the occasion: "If Come-Not Gate is not a windy place, why do cherry blossoms cover the path?"
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
10346
label
Nihon hana zue
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10346
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Nihon hana zue
description
The great 12th-century warrior Minamoto Yoshiie has just emerged from a mountain pass surrounded by cherry trees. In the cartouche appears the poem he wrote on the occasion: "If Come-Not Gate is not a windy place, why do cherry blossoms cover the path?"
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., Maryland Line, Maryland; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1987.
date
1896 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36
height
24
dimensionsRaw
14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in. (36 x 24 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] On print: Gekko; [Transcription] On print: Fuku kaze wa Nakaso no seki to Omoe domo Michi mo senichiru Yamazakura kana; [Translation] If Come-Not Gate is not a windy place
why do cherry blossoms cover the path?
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
15036
1919
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ae9571b1622cab48