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Title: Poem for a dragon painting
Creator: Minagawa, Kien, 1734-1807
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Publication Information: Japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Annotations/Markings: Signed with two seals at lower left corner. One additional seal at upper right corner preceding three-line inscription reading "The heavens still hide his sinuous form, / Like Mr. Ye trying to look for the dragon from his window. / The brushwork is marvelous, I can see beyond the silk and paper; / The clouds are dark, the mist gloomy at the moment of his thundering." (trans. Stephen Addiss)
Medium: ink on paper
Biography/History: Artist also known as 皆川淇園
Acquisition: Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art Permanent Collection. Ex Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Irma Levin in memory of Dr. A. Jess Shenson.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 hanging scroll, 127 x 44 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
calligraphy
poetry
Edo (Japanese period)
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb009nb2dz
ucm_li_AS169
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Dragons

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