Thomas Carlyle [1795–1881]: Author (Kaarairu shahon 加来爾 写本), from the series “Lives of Great People of the Occident” (Taisei ijin den 泰西偉人伝)
Thomas Carlyle [1795–1881]: Author (Kaarairu shahon 加来爾 写本), from the series “Lives of Great People of the Occident” (Taisei ijin den 泰西偉人伝)

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Thomas Carlyle [1795–1881]: Author (Kaarairu shahon 加来爾 写本), from the series “Lives of Great People of the Occident” (Taisei ijin den 泰西偉人伝),

ca. 1870

Anonymous

Japanese

Meiji era, 1868–1912

x1983-86

Information

Title
Thomas Carlyle [1795–1881]: Author (Kaarairu shahon 加来爾 写本), from the series “Lives of Great People of the Occident” (Taisei ijin den 泰西偉人伝)
Dates

ca. 1870

Maker
Anonymous
Medium

Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

block: 35.8 x 24.1 cm. (14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
sheet: 41 x 29.5 cm. (16 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
mat: 48.9 x 36.2 cm. (19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka

Object Number
x1983-86
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription

加来爾（かあらいる）は写字机（つくえ）の上にある蝋燭を
小犬に倒（たほ）され多年勉強して測量
せし稿紙を一朝灰燼となしたり
是に由て大にその体気（からだのき）を傷り解悟（げしさとり）の
力も衰減せりと云ふ又其著はせる一冊の
写本を客堂（ざしき）の地板に置しを下婢誤て
廃紙と思ひ火中に投しける加来爾（かあらいる）
痛惜すれども為へきやうなく再び
筆を把り記臆中より捜り出し
草稿を属したり
此書を編著せしは得意の
事なりしが再次の属草（したがきをせる）は
其労苦惨痛大かたならず然れとも
遂に堅定の志に由て成就したりけり
Source: http://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/exhibition/Ibuki/nisikie/nisikie.html#54

Marks/Labels/Seals

Pencilled top left recto: Carlisle [sic]
Pencilled top left verso: Carlisle [sic] sees his Revolution in flames.

Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban
Materials
ink, paper, oban, color
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
dogs, figures (representations), fires, revolutions, rooms, men

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