Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 117630
Le Bossu. Otaru, Hokkaido
- Artist / 作者
- Paul Jacouletポール・ジャクレー
- Date / 年代
- 1952
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / robynbuntin
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 463 × 600 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
- Published by / 公開者
- 白石カナ
- Rights / 権利
- No commercial-app permission documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Catalog note / 解説
The Hunchback. Otaru, Hokkaido Comment by Richard Miles: The proceeds of this print went to the dowry of the crippled daughter of printer Yoshiro Onodera. Jacoulet noticed this hunchback in Hokkaido, and posed him in front of stylized but typical mountains of northern Japan. While Honda was working on the Dedication Set of Ebisu & Daikoku, Onodera was carrying the burden of printing for the subscriber list. When the artist realized that the daughter of his printer would have better opportunities for marriage with a substantial dowry, he created this print for her. At approximately five dollars apiece, nearly seven hundred dollars was raised, but the young man arranged for Onodera's daughter…
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