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Title: Black bull
Alternative Title: 黒牛図屏風
Creator: Mochizuki, Gyokusen IV, 1834-1913
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 right corner.
Medium: Ink, colors and gold on paper
citation: Listed and reproduced in Kobayashi Tadashi and Samuel C. Morse, eds. Delightful Pursuits: Highlights from the Lee Institute for Japanese Art at the Clark Center. Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 2002.
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Return to the Valley: Highlights from the Lee Institute Permanent Collection" rotation 3 curated by Maiko Behr, The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, June 22-July 31, 2004. "Delightful Pursuits: Highlights from the Lee Institute for Japanese Art at the Clark Center," curated by Kobayashi Tadashi, organized by The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art at the Clark Center, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., Suntory Museum of Art, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Oita Art Museum, The Museum of Art, Ehime, and Chiba City Museum of Art, April 16, 2002-February 2, 2003; "Feats and Tales: Images of Animals in Japanese Art" curated by Adam Zollinger, Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, May 1-June 30, 2001.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 望月玉川.
Acquisition: Clark Family Collection; On long-term loan to the Lee Institute.
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 two-fold folding screen; 154 x 171 cm.
Form/Genre: folding screens
Late Edo to Meiji
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb1z09p0w4
ucm_li_CL1991_003
Subject: Bulls

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