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Source Description
Kojima Takanori (died 1358), a loyal supporter of the imperial house, stripped bark from the trunk of a cherry tree in order to write a Chinese poem. The poem was meant to be seen by the Emperor Go-Daigo as he was being escorted into exile. Takanoi chose an old Chinese poem that only the Emperor would understand to mean that help was near.
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Document identity
localId
3748
label
Nihon hana zue
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3748
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Nihon hana zue
description
Kojima Takanori (died 1358), a loyal supporter of the imperial house, stripped bark from the trunk of a cherry tree in order to write a Chinese poem. The poem was meant to be seen by the Emperor Go-Daigo as he was being escorted into exile. Takanoi chose an old Chinese poem that only the Emperor would understand to mean that help was near.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., Maryland Line, Maryland; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1987.
date
1895 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36
height
23.5
dimensionsRaw
14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] On print: Gekko
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
15036
1919
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
dd6f749d5edb3fcd