"Minister Toru", from the famous series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems by Katsushika Hokusai, is a refined synthesis of image and Eastern literary culture. This print, made as a reproduction on Amalfi paper, captures the elegance and symbolic depth typical of ukiyo-e, offering an authentic glimpse of the aesthetics and sensibility of Edo Japan.
The scene alludes to a poem by Toru evoking boats floating in the moonlight, shaded by pines, translating into an image the aristocratic ideal of contemplation and harmony with nature. The work belongs to the series “A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry”, in which Hokusai visually interprets famous Sino‑Japanese poems, fusing landscape, literature and historical memory.
Unique quality material
Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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