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Title: Eight views of the Xiao and Xiang
Alternative Title: 潚湘八景図屏風
Creator: Kanō, Tan'yū, 1602-1674
Date Created and/or Issued: 1663
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 "法印探幽六十二歳筆" (Hōin Tan'yū at age sixty-two) with seal " 守信" (Morinobu) at right edge center.
Medium: Ink and light colors 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: "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; "Unfolding the Edo Spirit: a Special Exhibition of Folding Screens" rotation 2 curated by Sandra Sheckter, Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, December 1-22, 2001; "Reflections of Reality: Masterworks from the Lee Institute Collection" February 6-April 28, 2001.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 狩野探幽
Acquisition: Acquired with the kind assistance of Carol Brooks and Professor James Cahill in honor of George Schlenker.
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 eight-fold folding screen; 90 x 376 cm.
Form/Genre: folding screens
Early Edo
Suibokuga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb638nb78t
ucm_li_1996_015
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: landscapes (representations)
Trees
mountains
Clouds

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