{"id":"cma-120231","titulo":{"en":"Drummer from The Cave Door of Spring by Totoya Hokkei","es":"El tamborilero de La puerta de la cueva de la primavera, de Totoya Hokkei"},"titulo_original":"Drummer from The Cave Door of Spring","autor":"Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)","fecha":"1825","cultura":"Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)","tecnica":"first from a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper","fuente":"Cleveland Museum of Art","licencia":"CC0-1.0","licencia_url":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","credito":"Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee","url_original":"https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.990.1","imagen_url":"https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.990.1/1940.990.1_web.jpg","ficha":{"en":{"titulo":"Drummer from The Cave Door of Spring by Totoya Hokkei","se_ve":"At the center of the composition a man kneels on a jagged rock formation, energetically striking a large circular drum. He wears a loose, cream-colored kimono patterned with soft grey zigzags and floral motifs, with two folded fans tucked into the folds near his knees. His black hair is tied in a topknot with a pale blue ribbon, his face in profile shows exertion with eyes closed and mouth slightly open, his right arm raised high holding a light wooden drumstick while his left strikes the blue-green drumhead. The drum has a thick grey rim with an orange halo behind it and an ornate octagonal border. To the right hangs a long vertical banner in ochre with a brown lattice and four white circular medallions touched with gold, topped with pale blue ribbons. The background is a muted teal-blue sky, with dense, cloud-like forms across the top in beige and grey with a metallic sheen, overlaid with black Japanese calligraphy and a vertical reddish-orange cartouche on the left. In the lower left corner a vertical signature and a small red seal appear. Light is flat and decorative, typical of woodblock printing, with subtle embossed textures on the clouds and drum that catch the light and suggest depth.","contexto":"This print is the first from a pentaptych of surimono created in 1825 by Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850), an artist active during Japan's Edo period (1615–1868). According to data from the Cleveland Museum of Art, the set of five images is inspired by the Shinto legend of Amaterasu, the Supreme Sun Goddess, who withdrew into a cave after being offended by her brother, leaving the world in darkness. Efforts to lure her out involved roosters crowing, music, and dance, culminating in a mirror that drew her to the cave entrance. Each print in the series shares a blue evening sky with embossed clouds enriched with gold, silver, and copper. The technique is woodblock print in ink and color on paper. Further specific details about the drummer's identity are not given in the source.","como_mirarla":"Start with the suspended motion of the drummer's arms and the diagonal drum that cuts across the image. Then lift your gaze to the shimmering clouds and calligraphy framing the top edge. Notice the fans tucked in his robe and the patterned banner on the right — small ritual details that turn a musical performance into an act of invocation.","dato_curioso":"Surimono were privately commissioned, luxury woodblock prints exchanged within poetry circles, especially for the New Year, prized for expensive pigments, metallic dust, and embossing techniques like those seen in the clouds here.","preguntas":["How does the artist convey sound and physical effort through posture and facial expression alone?","What role might music play in persuading someone to emerge from isolation?","How does knowing this image is one of five change the way you interpret this single dramatic moment?"]},"es":{"titulo":"El tamborilero de La puerta de la cueva de la primavera, de Totoya Hokkei","se_ve":"En el centro de la composición, un hombre arrodillado sobre una roca escarpada toca con energía un gran tambor circular. Viste un kimono amplio de tonos crema con patrones geométricos en gris, y dos abanicos plegados asoman entre los pliegues de la tela en la parte inferior. Su cabello está recogido en un moño alto con una cinta azul clara, el rostro de perfil muestra esfuerzo, con la boca ligeramente abierta y el brazo derecho levantado sosteniendo una baqueta de madera clara, mientras la izquierda golpea el parche azul verdoso del tambor. El instrumento tiene un aro gris y detalles en naranja detrás. A la derecha, cuelga una larga tela vertical ocre con rombos marrones y cuatro medallones blancos con relieve dorado, con listones azules en la parte superior. El fondo es un cielo azul pálido con nubes densas y texturizadas en la parte superior, en tonos beige y gris con brillo metálico, con caligrafía japonesa en tinta negra y un cartucho vertical naranja rojizo a la izquierda. En la esquina inferior izquierda hay una firma vertical y un sello rojo. La luz es plana y decorativa, propia del grabado, con texturas sutiles de papel y relieve en las nubes y el tambor que dan volumen.","contexto":"Esta estampa es la primera de un pentáptico de surimono creado en 1825 por Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850), artista activo durante el periodo Edo (1615-1868) en Japón. Según los datos del Cleveland Museum of Art, la serie se inspira en la leyenda sintoísta de Amaterasu, la Diosa Suprema del Sol, quien ofendida por su hermano se refugió en una cueva y sumió al mundo en oscuridad. Los intentos por hacerla salir incluyeron cantos de gallos, música y danza. Cada impresión del conjunto comparte un cielo azul nocturno con nubes gofradas enriquecidas con oro, plata y cobre. La técnica es xilografía en tinta y color sobre papel. No se conocen más detalles específicos sobre el personaje del tamborilero en esta escena aislada.","como_mirarla":"Empieza por el gesto suspendido de los brazos del músico y el tambor en diagonal que cruza la imagen. Luego sube la mirada a las nubes metálicas y la caligrafía que enmarca la escena por arriba. Detente en los abanicos entre los pliegues del kimono y en el estandarte bordado de la derecha, detalles que conectan la música con el ritual para atraer la luz.","dato_curioso":"Los surimono eran grabados de edición privada y lujosa, encargados por círculos poéticos para intercambiarse en Año Nuevo, y se distinguen por el uso de pigmentos caros, polvo metálico y técnicas de gofrado visibles aquí en las nubes y el tambor.","preguntas":["¿Cómo transmite la postura del cuerpo y el rostro la idea de sonido y esfuerzo sin que podamos oírlo?","¿Qué papel crees que juega la música para convencer a alguien de salir de su encierro?","¿Cómo cambia tu lectura al saber que esta imagen es solo una parte de cinco que cuentan una historia completa?"]}},"etiquetas":{"en":["japanese print","surimono","edo period","woodblock print","shinto mythology","amaterasu","ritual music","drum","kimono","embossed cloud"],"es":["grabado japonés","surimono","periodo edo","xilografía","mitología sintoísta","amaterasu","música ritual","tambor","kimono","nube gofrada"]},"objetos":["hombre tamborilero","tambor circular","baquetas","kimono estampado","abanicos plegados","roca","estandarte vertical con medallones","nubes","cartucho con inscripción","sello rojo"],"colores":["#4A7E8C","#D8CFC2","#C17E3A","#2E2E2E","#E8E6E1"],"animo":["solemne","expectante","ritual"],"epoca":"1825, periodo Edo","certeza":"alta","advertencias":[],"capa":{"voces":[{"guia":"la restauradora","en":"If you look closely you will notice the pale blue sky and the embossed clouds that shine with touches of gold and silver and copper. The drum has a bluish green drumhead and a gray rim that seems to pop out from the paper thanks to the woodblock printing in ink and color. I love how the artist created texture without strong shadows using only paper and the pressure of the woodblock in this 1825 print made as part of a set of five.","es":"Si acercas la mirada notarás el cielo azul pálido y las nubes con relieve que brillan con toques de oro y plata y cobre porque están gofradas. El tambor tiene un parche azul verdoso y un aro gris que parece saltar del papel gracias a la xilografía en tinta y color. Me emociona cómo el artista logró textura sin sombras fuertes usando solo el papel y la presión de la madera en esta estampa de 1825 pensada como parte de un conjunto de cinco."},{"guia":"el astrónomo aficionado","en":"I keep staring at that midnight blue sky that this print shares with the other four in the pentaptych. It is not just any day but the night of the world when the Supreme Sun Goddess hid in her cave and everything went dark according to the Shinto legend of Amaterasu. The dense clouds above with their metallic shine look like dimmed stars waiting for the music of the drummer kneeling on the rock to bring back the light.","es":"Me quedo mirando ese cielo azul nocturno que comparte con las otras cuatro estampas del pentáptico. No es un día cualquiera sino la noche del mundo cuando la Diosa Suprema del Sol se escondió en su cueva y todo quedó a oscuras según la leyenda sintoísta de Amaterasu. Las nubes densas de arriba con brillo metálico parecen estrellas apagadas esperando la música del tamborilero que toca arrodillado sobre la roca para traer de vuelta la luz."},{"guia":"la niña de ocho años","en":"This man is making a lot of noise with his giant drum. His mouth is open as if he were shouting and he lifts one drumstick really high while hitting hard. He wears a light colored kimono with little gray patterns and even keeps two folded fans tucked in his clothes. Next to him hangs a long ochre cloth with brown diamonds and white medallions that looks like a flag. I wonder if all that drumming will be enough to wake up the goddess hiding in the cave.","es":"Este señor está haciendo mucho ruido con su tambor gigante. Tiene la boca abierta como si gritara y levanta una baqueta bien alto mientras golpea fuerte. Lleva un kimono clarito con dibujitos grises y hasta guarda dos abanicos entre la ropa. A su lado cuelga una tela larga color ocre con rombitos cafés y medallones blancos que parece una bandera. Me pregunto si con tanto tamborazo logrará despertar a la diosa escondida en la cueva."}],"retos":[{"pregunta":{"en":"I hang to the right of the drummer, I am long and vertical in ochre with brown diamonds and four white medallions, what am I?","es":"Estoy colgado a la derecha del tamborilero, soy largo y vertical de color ocre con rombos cafés y cuatro medallones blancos, ¿qué soy?"},"pista":{"en":"Look to the right of the drum, it hangs like a long banner","es":"Mira a la derecha del tambor, cuelga como una bandera larga"}},{"pregunta":{"en":"We are two folded objects peeking out from the folds of the cream kimono at the bottom, what are we?","es":"Somos dos objetos plegados que asoman entre los pliegues del kimono crema en la parte inferior, ¿qué somos?"},"pista":{"en":"Look within the light fabric near the rock, they are thin and folded","es":"Busca entre la tela clara cerca de la roca, son delgados y doblados"}},{"pregunta":{"en":"I am the color of the drumhead played by the kneeling man, between blue and green, what tone am I?","es":"Soy el color del parche del tambor que toca el hombre arrodillado, entre azul y verde, ¿qué tono soy?"},"pista":{"en":"Look at the center of the round instrument, it is not gray or orange","es":"Observa el centro del instrumento circular, no es gris ni naranja"}}],"conexiones":["mitología sintoísta y Amaterasu","música ritual y danza para invocar luz","surimono y xilografía japonesa del periodo Edo","cielo nocturno y nubes gofradas con oro y plata","pentáptico y serie de cinco estampas","kimono y abanicos como indumentaria","estandarte vertical y símbolos ceremoniales"]},"salas":["musica-visible","dentro-de-la-cueva","que-suena-en-esta-imagen","rincones-para-esconderse","tambores-y-ritmo"],"escrita_por":"muse-spark-open-1026"}