Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 117654
The Rock of Jokadj, Ponape, East Carolines 148/150
- Artist / 作者
- Paul Jacouletポール・ジャクレー
- Date / 年代
- 1936
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / robynbuntin
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 504 × 348 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 rock formation in the background of this print is one of the most famous landmaks of the South Seas. Jacoulet drew it in many positions, and selected an imaginary subject to place in front of it. The costume, head-piece and flowers in the background are accurate in every detail, but the young lady who posed was transformed by the carver Kentaro Maeda into a far more exotic creature than she actually was. At this time Jacoulet was spending most of his time with the European ex-patriates in the islands, and using their servants as models for his imaginative reconstruction of the life of the local population of the villages. These villagers not only forgave the young Frenchman for exaggera…
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