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Title: Section of shukuzu
Alternative Title: 伝譬喩経絵巻断簡 (探幽縮図)
Creator: Kanō, Tan'yū, 1602-1674
Date Created and/or Issued: [16--]
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: No signature or seals. Mount is inscribed with text from various Buddhist sutras.
Medium: ink and colors on paper
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.
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).
Biography/History: Artist also known as 狩野探幽
Acquisition: Given by the Clark family in 2002 in honor of Professor Samuel Morse, for his many years of support as Chairman of the Lee Institute Board of Directors.
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, 13 x 80 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
Early Edo
religious texts
calligraphy
Kano School
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb758011p7
ucm_li_1998_005
Language: Chinese
chi
Subject: Art, Buddhist
Ghouls and ogres

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