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Title: The female Chinese immortal Ma Ku
Creator: Tanomura, Chikuden, 1777-1835
Date Created and/or Issued: inscription dated 1831
painting 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 "閬苑" (Rōen) with two seals at left edge below center. One-line inscription at upper right corner dated 1831 and signed by Chikuden with one seal preceding inscription and two seals following signature. Inscription reads "It has been more than 3,000 years / Since the banquet at Yao-ch'ih; / Her rosy cheeks have not faded / But the sea has changed to land" (trans. Stephen Addiss).
Medium: ink and color on paper
Exhibitions: Exhibited: "Echoes of the Heart: An Exhibition of Japanese Literati Painting and Poetry" curated by Seunghye Sun, Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, January 2–March 30, 2002.
Biography/History: Artist also known as 林閬苑. An eccentric Edo period artist who studied with Fukuhara Gogaku.
Acquisition: Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art Permanent Collection. Ex Addiss-Seo Nanga Collection. Gift of Barbara Porterfield.
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; 121 x 46 cm.
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
Late Edo
Otsu-e
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb8h4nb9b2
ucm_li_2002_146
Language: Chinese
chi
Japanese
jpn
Subject: Immortals, Chinese

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