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Title: Oni mask and moon
Alternative Title: 山天満月図
Creator: Sakai, Hōitsu, 1761-1828
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 "抱一戯墨" followed by seal "雨華" at lower right edge in the tanzaku with poem "みな月や金魚になってみたいのふ" (The Sixth month, I wish I would be a golden fish); signed "抱祝" follwoed by seal at lower right corner on painted mounting.
Medium: Ink, color and gold on silk
Biography/History: Artist also known as 酒井抱一
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, 86 x 31 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb609nb743
ucm_li_1997_030
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Moon
mountains
natural landscapes
masks (costume)

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