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Title
Boshu, flowers of Kominato, lotus pond, Myomeijiro, and wife Umechiyo
Alternative Title
Snow, moon, flowers; Setsu gekka: Boshu, Kominato no hana, Rengefuchi, Myomeijiro, tsuma Umechiyo
Creator
Chikanobu, Yoshu
Publication Information
Kobayashi Tetsujiro
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
Rights Information
The contents of this item, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this item may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Scripps College. Any form of image reproduction, transmission, display, or storage in any retrieval system is prohibited without the written consent of Scripps College and other copyright holders. Scripps College retains all rights, including copyright, in data, images, documentation, text and other information contained in these files. For permissions, please contact: Scripps College, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Attn: Rights and Reproductions, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711
Description
A baby receives his first bath, with his fisherman father Myomeijiro holding a towel, his grandmother at the wooden tub and his mother Umechiyo recovering with a cup of tea. The child would become the Buddhist prelate Nichiren (1222-1282), whose miraculous birth was accompanied by the sun rising over a lotus pond at Kominato. Nichiren became a strong proponent of the Lotus Sutra / Rengekyo.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cyw/id/156
Language
Japanese
Subject
Women
Men (male humans)
Kimonos
Folding screens
Children (people by age group)
Flowers (plants)
Interior spaces
Built works
Snakes
Ukiyo-e
Print
Time Period
Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Source
Woodcuts; Ink on Paper; 13 13/16 x 9 5/16 in.; accession number 93.6.55
Relation
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cyw

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