Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 120563
Mosquitoes
- Artist / 作者
- Sakai Hoitsu酒井抱一
- Date / 年代
- 1809-1828
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 2000 × 1581 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 朱雀ハル
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
The designs on fan prints are a reflection of summer. Here, charming-looking mosquitoes, actually one of the pests of Japanese summers, give form to the ‘mosquito storm’ mentioned in the poem at the bottom left. The V&A’s collection of Japanese fan prints is remarkable both for its size and variety. The artist who designed this print, Sakai Hôitsu, is best known as a painter of the classical-inspired Rimpa school, and fan prints by him are very rare. Materials: Woodblock printing
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