Image / Rocks and Magic Fungus

Have a question about this item?

Item information.

Title: Rocks and Magic Fungus
Date Created and/or Issued: 1780
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 and dated "庚子夏五寫　閬苑" with seal at upper left corner. No inscriptions.
Medium: ink and colors on silk
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Echoes of the Heart: An Exhibition of Japanese Literati Paintings and Poetry," curated by Seunghye Sun, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 22-August 1, 2002.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 林閬苑. An eccentric Edo period artist who studied with Fukuhara Gogaku.
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 hanging scroll, 28 x 34 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
Middle Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb5q2nb3n6
ucm_li_AS246
Subject: rock
landscapes (representations)

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.