Canaan Morse 莫楷
@canaanmorse
Assistant Prof (Teaching) @UVA 明清文学 Charlottesville, VA The long and unruly Chinese 17th century ‘21 National Book Award Finalist scholar poet translator farm boy
Posted originally by a Spanish friend whom I love dearly and wish to support. Also….jejejeje
Cover image for my new First-year Engagements course, “The Book.”
Fun new detail(s) with these prints: Unframed the central image to clean the broken glass and prep for reframing, found the print and matte glued to the backing. Also found that a certain slant of light reveals a check pattern in the thick black of the young lord’s robe 🤩
The US team didn’t ask for Trump’s “help.” Below is Mehdi Hasan addressing the issue with a degree of class we might all do well to emulate.
Walking the halls of the Field Museum after hours. Yes, be jelly.
Hey Chicago! It was a hell of a fezzle getting here, but here I am.
Are there any poet friends who might want to read an advance copy of my upcoming collection of Yang Xiaobin’s poems in translation? 😬
Reading the old Judge Bao play, Selling Rice in Chenzhou, noting how “the only way to deal with the unaccountable wealthy is immediately with a sword” is basically a timeless theme.
UMaine cooperative extension did a poster of yoga stretches for fisherman and got my brother to pose for them. He found the poster pinned to the inner wall of a waterfront outhouse. Pretty sure this is what it means to be Maine famous, bub.
Thank you so much!! I’m absolutely loving these prints as beautiful objects and a wealth of cool details, like this below - curved rub marks, which you can find on all three. Possibly imprint from the baren 馬連?
Beyond any evidence that might be gathered from the image construction, I’ve only got this notation on the back of one of the prints. My grass script is bad enough, but I see artist name 国周, image title, a date starting with 文久, and something else - owner of the blocks? Plus a price in red crayon?
Freaking me out: broken glass on the surface of the print. Molly and I are in love with these prints, regardless of provenance; we want to restore them well and preserve them for safe enjoyment. If you have advice, we beg to hear it.
Here are artist’s seal, censor’s seal, publisher’s address, carver’s seal.
Here also, we see embossing of the rich central figures’ under-robes, in rectangular and circular patterns. Glass obviously still filthy.
Looking through a loupe, we can see what appears to be evidence that these are woodblock prints. First, here’s some ink bleeding from overlaid colors.
Found at an estate sale this morning: a beautiful triptych of ukiyo-e 浮世絵. Scene entitled “Prince Genji’s Tour of Enoshima 源氏乃君江ノ島遊覧之図,” image by Kunichika 国周. They are in need of professional help. @devinfitz.bsky.social , @prof-christmas.bsky.social may I ask your advice? Plus more images! 🧵