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Title: Poem on a fan
Creator: Yanagawa, Kōran, 1804-1879
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 "紅蘭" (Kōran) with two seals at upper left edge. One additional seal at upper right edge. Inscription runs one or two characters per line along entire upper edge.
Medium: ink on mica paper
Biography/History: Artist also known as 梁川紅蘭. Female artist. Wife of Yanagawa Seigan.
Acquisition: Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection; on long-term loan to the Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art.
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 fan painting; 15 x 46 cm.
Form/Genre: fan paintings
calligraphy
Late Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb4p301039
ucm_li_AS205
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: fan-shaped
Poetry

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