Arai Hakuseki

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition

Date1888

Artist Mizuno Toshikata (水野年方) (Japanese)

Publisher Matsuki Heikichi

CultureJapanese

MediumWoodblock print(nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsSheet (Vertical ōban): 14 9/16 x 10 1/4 in. (37 x 26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Justine Lewis Keidel, class of 1937

Period19th c (Meiji period)

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, lower left, artist's signature in block: 応需年方 (ōju Toshikata; by request, Toshikata)

InscribedOn recto, upper center margin, black ink in white cartouche printed within block, series title: 教導立志基 (Kyōdō risshi no motoi; Instructive Models of Lofty Ambition) On recto, upper right, black ink in white cartouche printed within block: “新井白石は江戸の人なり甞て慨然として父に跪て曰く大丈夫生きて封侯を得ずんば死して閻羅と為るべし是に於て意を？（決?）し書を河村氏に求め苦學懈（おこた）らず経史百家に通ず又蘭學を善くす遂に幕府に召用せらるゝに際し家貧なるがゆゑに先に勤要具を恵まるゝと云ふ後従五位下に叙し筑後守に任ず其著書未だ稿を脱せざる者を併せて凡百六十種なりと今に至りても東本願寺の墓所に香花を手向る者絶ることなし是實に國に盡すの人なるべし　幸脩記” On recto, right lower center margin, black ink within white cartouche, publishing and printing date printed within block: 明治廿一年十一月日印刷出版 (notification delivered, Meiji 21 11th month) On recto, left lower center margin, black ink within white cartouche, publisher's information printed within block:著刷發者両国吉川町二番地印兼行松木平吉 (publisher and printer Ryōgoku Yoshikawachō 2-banchi Matsuki Heikichi)

MarkingsOn recto, lower right, red ink, artist's seal printed within block: 応斎年方 (Ōsai Toshikata)

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