File:E-hon.title.&.author.pending.illustrated.by.hokusai.mouse.cat.court.of.lord.monk.severed.head.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(5,978 × 4,343 pixels, file size: 6.53 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Description
English: E-hon series, title: Kuroneko Yamato - Black Cat (of(?)) Yamato (mouse infestation & neko/cat fantasy story), author pending, illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai, published during the Edo period, circa 1808(?). Scans of 3 volumes (03, 08, 09) of a multi-volume (10 vols in total?) series. Test scan of 2 facing pages; full 2-page illustration with captions. Image depicts the court of a Japanese lord (daimyo?) seated on a dias; a (Buhddist-Shinto(?)) monk/holy man to his right, slightly lower; 2 severed heads on small stands on the floor, in front of them; warriors & other courtiers reacting in various ways; robes & sword-pierced helmet (of the decapitated persons?); tentatively identified as a scene from near the end of the story, wrapping up the fate of the villains(?); volume 09?
Date circa 1808
date QS:P,+1808-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source bookscan
Author self-scanned, authour _? illustrator Katsushika Hokusai
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
 Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Other versions scanset of 3 volumes (03, 08, 09) of the e-hon series "Kuroneko Yamato" - Black Cat (of(?)) Yamato

Original Upload Version of File: Please do not overwrite!

Help needed with identification/verification of the work title, publisher, author, illustrator, date, edition, etc. translations (english, etc.) also very much appreciated!

Image could benefit from restoration work.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current08:14, 21 September 2010Thumbnail for version as of 08:14, 21 September 20105,978 × 4,343 (6.53 MB)Lx 121 (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=2 facing pages from an e-hon, depicting mouse horde fleeing from revealed neko (cat) statue. E-hon illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai, mouse infestation & cat/neko fantasy story. title & author pending. Scan of 3 volumes

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:E-hon.title.%26.author.pending.illustrated.by.hokusai.mouse.cat.court.of.lord.monk.severed.head.jpg&oldid=900842688"