Chikanobu Yoshu,
Japanese,
(1838–1912)
Stories of Famous Japanese Women: To Ransen, 1894, no day or month indicated
Ink on Paper
14 3/8 in. x 19 in. (36.51 cm x 48.26 cm)
Stories of Famous Japanese Women: To Ransen, 1894, no day or month indicated
Ink on Paper
14 3/8 in. x 19 in. (36.51 cm x 48.26 cm)
Object Type:
print
Technique:
Wood-block Printing
Period:
Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Credit Line:
Purchased with funds from the Aoki Endowment for Japanese Arts and Cultures
Accession Number:
2003.1.66
Alternate Title:
Nihon meijo banashi: To Ransen
Marks
Signed: “Yoshu Chikanobu”
Medium
Colored ink woodblock diptych on off-white paper.
Object Description
According to the text panel, "Ransen was originally a person from Japan, and even though she was a woman, she had a pure heart and acquired the magic of the immortals, riding dragons and floating on clouds without end." From other sources, she reportedly attained spiritual awakening to the teachings of Buddhism and learned Daoist techniques. Eventually she resided at the base of Mt. Yoshino and protected that realm. Chikanobu depicts her sailing over the coast, holding a gnarled staff like a Chinese immortal. She looks back to the shore where a little boy points her out to 3 adults, one of whom appears to be a female traveler, perhaps on a pilgrimage to Yoshino and Kumano on the Kii Peninsula. For more information, please refer to the Chikanobu exhibition catalogue.
Publisher
Takegawa Seikichi
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