Ogata Gekko - Ryu sho ten
1897
- Classification
- Drawing
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID jpd.01559. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still…
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
"Ryu sho ten" or "Ryu shoten" (Dragon rising to the heavens), also known as "Gekko Zuihitsu" (Gekko's Sketch), a Ukiyo-e print from Ogata Gekko's Views of Mt. Fuji. A dragon rises out of smoke near Mt. Fuji, ascending towards the sky.
The text on the left hand side is in an archaic form of Japanese writing that includes characters not in common use any more. translation follows:
明治卅年十一月一日印刷同月五日発行印刷兼発行日本橋区吉川町二番地松木平吉 Printed on Nov 1st, 30 of Meiji [1897], published on the same month 5th. Printed and published by Heikichi Matsuki, who lives 2 Yoshikawa, Nihonbashi ward. Thanks to 利用者:kzhr, 利用者:青子守歌, Ceridwen, 利用者:Tonbi_ko for translation help.
