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Title: Woodcutter crossing a bridge in rain
Alternative Title: 樵図
Creator: Nagasawa, Rosetsu, 1755-1799
Date Created and/or Issued: [17--]
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 "Rosetsu" in lower left corner followed by two seals "Myō" and "Myō." Inscription reads "Momijini ha tsurenaku mishimo/Ame sasou Arashi hakeshimi/Nahiku yamamatsu/Kiyō" (The maple leaves/ bring forth the rain. The storm intensifies and the mountain pines flutter in the wind. By Kiyō.)
Medium: Ink and light colors on paper
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Drawn from Literature: Narrative Traditions in Japanese Art" curated by Cordula Treimer, The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, Hanford, CA, March 29-July 30, 2005; "The Japanese Journey: 'Traveling Images' of Edo Period Japan" curated by Catherine David, The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, Hanford, CA, June 4-September 28, 2002.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 長澤芦雪 or 藘雪
Acquisition: Lee Institute Permanent Collection
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, 103 x 27 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb6k4011x5
ucm_li_1996_009
Subject: mountains
Bridges
Pine

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