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Title: Seven New Year's gods
Alternative Title: お多福図
Creator: Kawanabe, Gyōsai, 1831-1889
Date Created and/or Issued: [18--]
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 "Seisei Gyōsai" in lower right corner followed by seal "Gyōsai." No inscriptions.
Medium: Ink and colors on silk
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "What’s so Funny?: Understanding Humor in Japanese Art" curated by Maiko Behr, Lee Institute for Japanese Art, 4/4-6/30/00; loan to Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1/9/96-3/3/96.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 河鍋暁斎
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 hanging scroll, 31 x 73 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
Late Edo
Kano School
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb2779p17h
ucm_li_CL1990_011
Subject: Calligraphy
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