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Title: Plum blossom
Creator: Yamanaka, Shinten'ō, 1822-1885
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 with three seals following two-line inscription at lower right corner. Inscription reads "Smiling to see the moon rise over the mountains, / I lie down drunk among the fragrant grasses; / Streams flow to the north and to the south-- / One branch of plum bears two blossoms" (trans. Stephen Addiss). One additional seal at upper right of inscription at right edge below center.
Medium: ink on paper
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; 36 x 7 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
calligraphy
Meiji
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb6s2011mt
ucm_li_AS297b
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Flowering plums

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