Poet Semimaru with His Lute in a Bag
1839
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 92.4 × 18.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-125836
Semimaru, a legendary figure said to have been the fourth son of Emperor Daigo (rEIGNED 897-930), was sent to Mount Osaka because he was blind. Myths and legends about Semimaru form the basis of the medieval Noh play of the same name. In the Edo period he was featured as a character in puppet plays and kabuki drama. In an earlier picture in Hokusai's popular multivolume Manga sketchbooks, Semimar…
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 1839 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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